Investigating a suitable learning environment to advance sustainable practices among micro construction enterprises

作者: Michael P Gleeson , Craig S Thomson

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摘要: diverse group of professional practices, specialist trades and general builders it is doubtful they are well equipped to support the learning culture necessary appreciate current myriad sustainability issues. This research explores requirements for a suitable environment McE's advance sustainable practices. Through semi-structured interviews with eight owner/ Glasgow, explored their preferences in order establish basis environment. Formal methods like seminars CPD events entail prohibitive cost resource barriers, but analysis suggested that these constraints could be appeased by facilitating voluntary informal pathways progress agenda. Since majority study participants were members some trade or association recommended bodies best placed deliver contextually relevant resources narrative

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