Obstacle Factors Analysis on Green Building Material Certification from the Perspective of Stakeholders

Abstract Green building material certification is an important measure to promote the transformation and upgrading of building materials industry and construction industry. Based on literature study and expert interviews, this paper identifies twenty-four obstacle factors in green building material certification from five respects including institutional, administrate, market, technology and society. Through a questionnaire survey of stakeholders in the building materials industry from different regions and Mann-Whitney U test, it analyzes the differences and reasons of stakeholders’ attitudes towards obstacle factors in green building material certification, and puts forward some suggestions on promoting the development of green building materials certification.