The negative environmental impact of buildings to the environment has led to a
clamour for improved practice. Attempts of implementation of environmental friendly
principles to the entire construction projects phases is as a result of such clamour and has
been linked to the evolution of evolving concept termed “green building. The study aims
at investigating the construction professionals perceptions on green building awareness
and accruable benefits in construction projects in Nigeria. The study objectives include
assessing the level of the adoption of green building principles in construction projects
and to determine the benefits accruable to its use in projects. A structured questionnaire
was used to collect information from various respondents who were built environment
professionals. Purposive random sampling technique was used to select one hundred-fifty
(150) respondents out of which ninety-one (91) responses were used for the data analysis.
The results indicate that most of the building industry professionals in Nigeria are
familiar with green building principles. Building industry professionals agree on most of
the rankings of the green building benefits. The study also indicates that there is no
significant difference in the levels of awareness of green building practices among built
environment practitioners. The findings have important implications for policy and
practice. The study recommends full establishment of Green Building Council of Nigeria
(GBCN) that will be responsible for awareness creation, introduction of guidelines, tools
and techniques that will drive green building practices for future project.
Keywords: Awareness, Construction Professionals, Green Building, Nigeria, Perception.