Exploring Critical Success Factors of Energy Management for Sustainable Building in Malaysian University
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4316Keywords:
Critical Success Factors (CSFs), energy management (EM), sustainable universityAbstract
Universities are increasingly consuming energy due to its population with various activities. Thus, Malaysian Higher Education Ministry insisted all parties involved to take the initiatives in reducing the energy consumption. Focusing on the importance of practicing energy management (EM) effectively, this paper discusses the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) towards sustainable university. Structured interviews, pilot study and a questionnaire survey were conducted. The findings disclose the relative importance of the 23 number of identified CSFs. In order to explore the underlying relationship among the identified CSFs, factor analysis method was adopted, which leads to grouping the 23 identified CSFs into four groups.
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