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Climate Change Impacts on Facade Building Materials: A Qualitative Study

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  • Ransi Salika Athauda

    (Department of Building Economics, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Bandaranayake Mw., Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka)

  • Ashan Senel Asmone

    (Department of Building Economics, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Bandaranayake Mw., Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka)

  • Sheila Conejos

    (School of Science and Technology, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore 599494, Singapore)

Abstract

Recently, various parts of the world are being affected by different climate change incidents causing hindrances to day-to-day activities. The concept of constructing sustainable buildings has gained traction as climate change and other risks increase, allowing them to endure future natural or artificial disasters while maintaining functionality. As facade building materials are impacted considerably by climate change due to exposure to various such conditions, the focus of this study is to identify the climate change impacts on facade building materials. A qualitative research method with an interview research design was used for the study. Twelve semi-structured expert interviews by selecting the experts through the judgmental sampling method were undertaken along with a detailed analysis of the literature. The gathered data were evaluated using software-assisted thematic content analysis. According to the results, climate change has a substantial impact on facade building materials, despite the fact that few governments, particularly those in developing nations, have given considerable attention. Moreover, these identified impacts on facade building materials from climate change have the potential to cause catastrophic occupational health and safety risks for facade maintenance workers which also should be gained more consideration in the world as per the findings of this study in order to create a safer working environment for the workers to carry out their activities. Additionally, the research techniques used in this study can be expanded to cover a variety of other potential building materials and operations. As a result, this research is focused on a new subject matter that must be given more concern by researchers, because of its significance in the current global settings.

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  • Ransi Salika Athauda & Ashan Senel Asmone & Sheila Conejos, 2023. "Climate Change Impacts on Facade Building Materials: A Qualitative Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-23, May.
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