Constrains and barriers of implementing sustainability into architectural professional practice in Jordan

Sustainable buildings created a challenge for architectural professional practice in Jordan, and no doubt that there are many obstacles to the widespread of implementing sustainable building practices. An experimental investigation was conducted to explore the level of implementing sustainable building practices into professional practice, as well as identifying the obstacles of implementing sustainable building practices. The research conducted an analytical survey; to reach the main causes. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were going to be supported by multiple supportive methods and tools to ensure the most effective outcomes. It was found the weight of each of the financial, social, steering and capacity factors that dominate the current reality. Based on the results, the effect of each of factors will vary in different proportions, where steering factors bear the greatest impact, which highlighting the components associated with it; then the capacity factors, the results show the convergence of the influence of both financial and social factors.