Abstract
The successful deployment of sustainable building construction (SBC) is connected to
sound knowledge sharing. Concerning SBC, knowledge sharing has been identified to
directly and indirectly increase innovation, environmental performance, cost saving, regulatory
compliance awareness and so on. The necessity of enhancing SBC practice globally
has been emphasised by earlier research. Consequently, this study aims to investigate
knowledge-sharing elements to enhance SBC in South Africa (SA). Utilising a questionnaire
survey, this study elicited data from 281 professionals in the built environment. Data
analysis was performed with “descriptive statistics”, the “Kruskal–Wallis H-test”, and
“principal component analysis” to determine the principal knowledge-sharing features
(KSFs). This study found that “creating public awareness of sustainable practices”, the
“content of SBC training, raising awareness of green building products”, “SBC integration
in professional certifications”, an “information hub or repository for sustainable construction”,
and “mentoring younger professionals in sustainable practices” are the most critical
KSFs for SBC deployment. These formed a central cluster, the Green Education Initiative
and Eco-Awareness Alliance. The results achieved a reliability test value of 0.956. It was
concluded that to embrace the full adoption of SBC, corporate involvement is critical, and
all stakeholders must embrace the sustainability paradigm. It is recommended that the
principal knowledge-sharing features revealed in this study should be carefully considered
to help construction stakeholders in fostering knowledge sharing for a sustainable
built environment.