APPENDIX B
GREEN BUILDING CONCEPT AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF
SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN GHANA.
The aim of this study is to access the viability of the concept of green building as an essential
component of sustainable built environment in Ghana. In simple terms the concept of green
building looks at ways of building an environmentally responsible built environment
(roads, houses, farms etc.).
Master Akrong Kamoah Isaac, a student of the department of architecture of the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is conducting this research purely on
academic basis; hence any information given would be handled confidentially.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS AND NON TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Please tick √ the correct answer in the boxes
otherwise stated.
provided. Tick once for each question unless
SECTION A - DEMORGAPHIC DATA
1. Which of the following age range do you belong to? a. 18-25
c. 32-39
d. 40-57
e. 57 +
2. Gender?
a. Male
b. female
3. What is your level of education?
a. Diploma
b. graduate
graduate
d. post- graduate
b. 26-31
c. under
SECTION B – THE CONCEPT OF GREEN B UILDING
4. Do you know or have had any information about green buildings?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c.Other, specify…………………………………………………………………………
5. Do you know about any green buildings in Ghana?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Other specify…………………………………………………………………….…
6. If yes from question five (5) above, do you think the concept can be a possible
approach to building a sustainable built environment in Ghana?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c.Other specify…………………………………………………………………………
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SECTION C - SITE SELECTION
7. Considering the already built buildings, bridges, roads etc., do you think they were
well positionened (sitting)?
8. How do you think sitting of structures have affected our natural environment locally,
internationally and globally?
a. Positively
b. negatively
c. neutral
c.Other specify…………………………………………………………………………
9. Do you think site selection is a crucial issue in building green structures and a green
responsible built environment?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Other specify…………………………………………………………………………
SECTION D - USE OF WATER AND WATER RESOURCES
10. How do you think water and water resources are managed on both construction sites
and in finished buildings?
a. Responsibly
b. irresponsibly
c. neutral
c.Other specify…………………………………………………………………………
11. Do you think the buildings or construction sites have certain characteristics that make
users or the contractors mishandle water resources?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Other specify…………………………………………………………………………
12. Can there be other sources of water supply than from the Ghana water company?
a. Yes.
b. No.
b. Other specify………………………………………………………………………..
SECTION D - ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERIC
RESOURCES
13. Can the built environment be said to be responsible for how energy is used?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c., other specify………………………………………………………………………
14. How would you access the usage of energy on construction sites in Ghana?
a. Responsibly
b. irresponsibly
c. neutral
c. Other specify………………………………………………………………………
15. Do you agree that buildings and construction projects consume a lot of energy from
the VRA?
a. Yes
b. No.
b. Other specify………………………………………………………………………
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SECTION E - USE OF BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION WASTE
AND USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
16. How are natural resources being used for construction projects?
a. Responsibly
b. irresponsibly
c. neutral
c. Other specify…………………………………………………………………………
17. Can material usage and handling on construction projects pose dangers to both human
and environmental health?
a. Yes.
b. No.
b. Other specify………………………………………………………………………
18. Are you aware of any schemes put in place by contractors, engineers, and architects
etc. to replace or minimize the damage caused to the natural environment after the
extraction of natural resources for construction projects?
a. Yes.
b. No.
b. Other specify……………………………………………………………………..
SECTION F – WASTE MANAGEMENT
19. How do you think construction wastes are managed in Ghana?
a. Responsibly
b. irresponsibly
c. neutral
d. Other specify……………………………………………………………………
20. Is it true construction sites generate large amounts of energy?
a. Strongly agree
b. agree
c. strongly disagree
e. neutral
d. disagree
,
f. Other specify……………………………………………........................................
21. On a larger scale how is waste managed in your municipality?
a. Responsibly
b. irresponsibly
c. neutral
d.Other specify……………………………………………………………………
SECTION G – INDOOR ENVIRONMENT AIR QUALITY
22. What is the contrast between outdoor air and indoor air in Ghanaian buildings?
a. Outdoor air is fresher and cleaner
b. Indoor air is fresher and cleaner
c. the same
d. Other specify……………………………………………………………………….
23. What in your view is the course of the above?
a. Poor building design
b. Lack of appropriate consultants on projects
c. Non existence of codes governing indoor air quality
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d. Other specify………………………………………………………………………
24. Can indoor environment air quality have an effect on how responsible
environmentally a building is?
a. Yes.
b. No.
Other specify……………………………………………………………………………
SECTION H – URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN
MANAGEMENT
25. Have you lived or travelled to any city or big town in Ghana before?
a. Yes.
b. No.
26. If yes from above 22, did the city or town you travelled to have adequate and efficient
urban infrastructure (traffic lights, road networks, gutters etc.)
a. Yes.
b. No.
27. If no from 23 above, who do you think should be held responsible?
a. Government
b. individual stakeholders
c. Ghanaians
c. Other specify………………………………………………………………………
SECTION I - BUILDING MANAGEMENT
28. Does your landlord have rules regarding responsible usage of his building by clients?
a. Yes.
b. No.
b. Other specify……………………………………………………………………….
29. If yes from above, what effect or results do you think the above rules in 28 above,
have had on responsible management of both the building and its effect on the natural
environment?
a. Positively
b. negatively
c. neutral
c. Other specify………………………………………………………………………
30. Can responsible management procedures by landlords and clients be an approach to
building a responsible built environment?
a. Yes.
b. No.
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