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Adedigba, A A (2022) Towards integrated sustainable solid waste management in Nigerian cities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Aggiag, M A A (2005) The impact of client attributes on project success: a study of UK public construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Alhiddi, A M (2022) Building better together: the relationship between organisational culture and stakeholder critical success factors in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Alnasseri, N (2015) Managing and controlling airport construction projects: a strategic management framework for operators, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Alqarni, M (2017) Developing a framework to improve the implementation of geospatial technology in the planning and delivery of infrastructure for residential areas in Saudi Arabia: a case study of Riyadh city, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Ayman Anwar, R (2022) Enhancing the integration of sustainability assessment within dynamic BIM enabled design projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Babatunde, S (2015) Developing public private partnership strategy for infrastructure delivery in Nigeria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Bouazza, T (2019) The design of healthcare facilities: knowledge, methods and effectiveness, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Chen, X (2019) Developing a third party investment partnership framework to encourage low carbon building projects in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: case study; China; contracting; critical success factor; government; interview; liability; partnership; private sector; uncertainty
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- URL: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44097/
- Abstract:
Enormous potential carbon reduction from buildings can be achieved through adopting low carbon building technologies (LCBTs). However, investments in LCBTs in the private sector have been much lower than anticipated. This is due to a number of barriers such as high upfront costs, split economic interests, lack of finance, risk uncertainty and lack of practical knowledge. A Third Party Investment Partnership (TpIP) provides a risk and benefit sharing model for LCBTs investment in building projects. Typically, third party investors work with financing, constructing and operating the specialised LCBTs equipment through a long-term partnership with key actors of the LCBT adoption projects, providing quality and cost-effective low carbon products or services. However, there has been limited research and knowledge able to demonstrate how TpIP works, what makes TpIP successful, how TpIP perform in practice, and what incentives and benefits TpIP bring to its actors. The aim of this research is to develop a detailed and workable TpIP framework that encourages investment in private sector-led low carbon technologies in building projects in China. Considering LCBTs technical and contextual influence deployment, this study focused on building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) projects in South China. Firstly, the study explored TpIP concept through literature review that identified critical drivers and barriers and key actors playing in the field of LCBTs investment. It then used expert forum method to contextualise the conceptual TpIP framework for China, and to identify a set of critical success factors (CSFs) that made TpIP successful in China. The CSFs were categorised into five aspects, representing financial, legal, operational, risk and external enabling conditions (FLORE), which were developed through a two-round expert interview process. The study further tested and developed the TpIP framework through case study method on three BIPV projects in South China. Finally, case study triangulation validated the final refined TpIP framework, which increased transferability and reliability of the study. The research findings revealed that there are two forces and an agency within TpIP. The two forces, LCBTs Energy Production and Low Carbon Energy Market, are brought together by an agency, the Third Party Business, to make TpIP work. Case studies revealed that the production side of BIPV TpIP projects includes host, contractors and capital. The market side of BIPV includes consumers, independent services and government. Energy management contracting is the third party investment business for rooftop BIPV. The study also revealed how these forces and businesses work together to achieve CSFs in all FLORE aspects. Moreover, the study revealed that the risk and benefit sharing TpIP framework overcomes the barriers and motivates the actors participating in LCBTs energy production to engage with the low carbon energy market. This thesis made a number of significant and original contributions in the area of LCBTs investment and its implementation in the low carbon energy market. Firstly, it defined “TpIP” and developed a theoretical framework to demonstrate the principle within a TpIP. Secondly, it revealed the details of TpIP framework, including forces, actors and business, and how they act in practice towards improved BIPV performance through a third party investment business. Thirdly, it demonstrated a research method that can be used in developing innovative investment models within LCBTs building projects. Finally, it provided a better understanding of TpIP principles in the real world. The result of this study indicated that financial and operational dimensions are critical and that more attention should be paid to these in future research. This study is not intended to develop a universal framework. However, the final TpIP framework and research methods would provide bases for future research in different contexts and settings.
Chiponde, D B (2023) Learning from project-related failures in UK construction project based organisations: an examination of actor approaches, intentions and behaviours, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Doherty, M M (2022) Exploring the expansion of planners' engagement capabilities via accessing the data from a building information model for public consultation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Gledson, B J (2017) Innovation diffusion within the UK construction sector: a study of the adoption of 4D BIM, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Faculty of Engineering and Envionment, Northumbria University.
Guo, S (2012) Pedagogical design in built environment distance education: A critical appraisal of students' learning strategies at postgraduate level, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Hope, A (2011) Greener homes for the future?: sustainability in PFI local authority social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Li, J J (2023) A socio-technical framework to guide implementation and value realisation of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) in the construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Maduka, N S (2017) The role of knowledge management in assisting key stakeholders in making informed decisions in delivering sustainable retrofitted building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Ojiako, U (2005) Project failures: a comparative study of information and communication technologies (ICT)and construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Onalaja, A A (2023) Improving costing in infrastructure projects to accommodate uncertainties, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Osborne, A N (2005) Social conflict in construction-related inter-organizational collectives: A comparative analysis and structural equation model, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Parry, A (2015) The improvement of delay analysis in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the t Environment, Northumbria University.
Pearson, J (2014) Effective employer engagement in full time construction-related foundation degrees, with particular emphasis on workplace learning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Ponton, H (2021) Social interactions in construction design team meetings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Rodrigo, V (2016) Development of an e-business capability maturity model for construction organisations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Ruan, X (2007) Inter-organizational Knowledge Integration on Construction Projects: a Social Network Approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Sharma, M (2014) Architectural design quality in local authority private finance initiative sheltered housing projects: the development of an evaluation tool, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment , Northumbria University.
Vasenin, M (2022) A data-driven approach to green investments: environmental performance, mispricing, and momentum, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Victoria, M (2017) Developing decision support models for early stage embodied carbon management in buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.
Wu, S (2010) The impact of collaborative working on construction project performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria University.
Zhao, J (2022) Rethinking value for money in Public Private Partnerships: a critique, analysis and model for transport infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Northumbria University.