Evolution of Factors Hindering Innovation Adoption by Residential Developers in Poland

Abstract

Innovations in the real estate market stimulate pro-ecology, energy efficiency, ergonomics and renewable energy sources. They make economies develop by creating increasingly better conditions for people, thus contributing to the increase in the competitive position of regions and stimulating sustainable development. The aim of the article is to identify factors influencing the counteraction of the implementation of innovations by developers implementing multi-family, multi-storey housing projects on the real estate market in Poland. Data for achieving the goal was obtained primarily from a survey conducted in 2020 and then in 2022 using the CATI - computer-assisted telephone interviewing method - in Poland. The paper presents barriers to the introduction of innovations as well as factors stimulating them. In addition, an attempt to indicate the most important areas related to the activities of housing developers that inhibit the development of innovations on the real estate market in Poland was made. The above was confronted with new EU regulations which will be a factor forcing the introduction of innovations in residential construction, in the field of energy efficiency. The study also contains general recommendations regarding the necessary changes that should take place in order that housing developers in Poland start to implement more innovations into their projects. 

Keywords: RES, innovation, housing developer, residential construction, sustainable development