• DocumentCode
    3170123
  • Title

    The current practice and promotion strategy of dry-mix mortars in Taiwan — Taking technology acceptance model as an approach

  • Author

    Huang, Chung-Fah ; Chen, Rong-Lu ; Lin, Jin-Ling

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Civil Eng., Nat. Kaohsiung Univ. of Appl. Sci., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    16-18 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1783
  • Lastpage
    1786
  • Abstract
    Compared with traditional cement processing methods, dry-mix mortars are more environmental friendly by reducing air pollution or waste production on construction sites. It can also reduce carbon dioxide emissions, helps to keep the construction site clean, and allow for more flexibility in storage space for materials while reducing cement redundancy after the cement finishing is completed. It can be said that this new and advanced construction material is environmental friendly and convenient to deploy and transport, delivers product of stable quality, helps to facilitate construction, and saves materials. In this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted on people in the construction industry in Taiwan to explore their perceptions of the characteristics of dry mix mortars and their acceptance of this material. Totally 133 valid samples were returned. After the analysis of the questionnaire results, this research found the more the respondents find dry-mix mortars useful, the more satisfied they are with the material; the more they are satisfied, the more willing they are to promote it. Among all the factors, the perceived usefulness of this material has a particularly significant influence.
  • Keywords
    air pollution; cements (building materials); construction industry; environmental factors; mortar; Taiwan; air pollution; carbon dioxide emission; cement redundancy; construction industry; construction material; dry-mix mortar; technology acceptance model; waste production; Construction industry; Correlation; Mathematical model; Mortar; Reliability; TAM; dry-mix mortars; environmental protection; technology acceptance model;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    XianNing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-458-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CECNET.2011.5769358
  • Filename
    5769358