Identifying public policies to promote sustainable building a proposal for governmental drivers based on stakeholder perceptions

sustainability Article Identifying Public Policies to Promote Sustainable Building: A Proposal for Governmental Drivers Based on Stakeholder Perceptions Carmen Díaz-López 1, Andrés Navarro-Galera 2,*, Montserrat Zamorano 1and Dionisio Buendía-Carrillo 2   Citation: Díaz-López, C.; Navarro-Galera, A.; Zamorano, M.; Buendía-Carrillo, D. Identifying Public Policies to Promote Sustainable Building: A Proposal for Governmental Drivers Based on Stakeholder Perceptions. Sustainability 2021,13, 7701. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147701 Academic Editor: Gerardo Maria Mauro Received: 15 May 2021 Accepted: 2 July 2021 Published: 9 July 2021 Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). 1 Department of Civil Engineering, ETS Ingenieria de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; [email protected] (C.D.-L.); [email protected] (M.Z.) 2 Department of Accounting and Finance, Facultad de CC Económicas y Empresariales, Campus Universitario de Cartuja s/n, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain; [email protected] *Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +34-958-242343 Abstract: In recent years, research findings and pronouncements by international organisations have recognised the usefulness and timeliness of advancing public policies to promote sustainable building. However, in many parts of the world, governmental measures have limited their scope mainly to energy efficiency in housing use. In the same vein, some experiences in different countries have revealed the need to study further governmental or stimulation drivers that can boost sustainability in building, renovation, and dwellings. This paper aims to contribute to the design of public policies that promote sustainable building. Our paper seeks to identify specific drivers that can help governments boost sustainability in building, renovation, and dwellings through a multi-stakeholder survey. Our findings show the specific drivers to be of three types: fiscal, financial, and government interventions. It is the respondents’ opinion that public policies can help promote sustainable housing. Financial drivers are the most highly rated, followed by fiscal drivers and then government interventions. Keywords: tax drivers; financial drivers; government intervention drivers; sustainable building; stakeholders; sustainable development objectives 1. Introduction The construction industry is considered one of the main drivers of climate change and natural resource depletion [ 1 – 3 ]. The sector significantly impacts the environment, the economy, public health, and cities’ well-being, which varies considerably depending on the type, location, and lifetime of the building being considered [ 4 , 5 ]. In the European Union (EU), buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption over their entire life cycle, 36% of all greenhouse gas emissions, 50% of all raw materials extracted, and 33% total water use [ 6 ]. Therefore, a residential building in the EU has a high impact. Over the last decade, the total number of households in the EU increased by 7%, with 195 million dwellings by 2019 and 5.3% of GDP invested in residential building. Almost 3% of land in the EU is used for residential purposes. Besides this, 11.8% of the population lives in a household where the total housing cost represents more than 40% of disposable income. On average, 20% of disposable income was spent on housing costs in the EU in 2019. However, 6.9% of the population cannot maintain their homes’ thermal comfort [7]. Therefore, sustainable building has been advocated and promoted as a guiding paradigm for development in the construction sector [ 8 ]. In 1987, the Bruntland Commission (United Nations General Assembly) first defined the concept of sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” [ 9 ]. Such development can be achieved by simultaneously addressing economic, environmental, and social problems, i.e., the so-called “three pillars” of sustainability [ 10 ]. In this context, sustainable building Sustainability 2021,13, 7701. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147701 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 2 of 21 was promulgated and promoted as a guiding paradigm for sustainable development in the building sector [ 8 ]. As expressed in a communication from the commission to the council, the European Parliament, the European economic and social committee, and the committee of the regions, on the issue of a thematic strategy for urban environment: “Sustainable building is the process in which all actors involved (owners, planners, constructors, specifiers, material suppliers, administration and users) integrate functional, economic, environmental and quality considerations to produce and renovate buildings and their environment”. Sustainable building involves a systematic approach that considers local climate and raw materials [ 11 – 13 ]. Besides this, sustainable buildings incorporate technologies that reduce resource use, ecological footprints [ 14 – 16 ], and associated life cycle costs [ 17 ]. The benefits of a sustainable building can be grouped into three aspects: environmental, economic, and social [14,18,19]. The environmental benefits consist of the conservation of natural resources and a reduced ecological footprint [ 20 ]. The economic benefits include higher returns on sales and rent, higher occupancy rates and productivity, and a reduction in long-term costs [ 21 ]. Finally, the social aspects concern environmental ergonomics and balance for all stakeholders [22,23]. Consequently, experts from industry, academia and society recognise the need for buildings to make cities inclusive, resilient, and sustainable [ 24 ]. Accordingly, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have integrated the following targets linked to sustainable building into the 2030 Agenda: substantially reduce the number of deaths and diseases caused by building malpractice; double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; increase inclusive and sustainable urbanisation, participatory planning and management; develop reliable, sustainable, resilient and quality infrastructure; significantly increase the efficient use of water resources, and create net gains from economic activities by reducing resource use, degradation and pollution, while achieving a better quality of life [25]. In this context, many countries are currently facing the challenge of adopting and implementing integrated measures, policies and plans aimed at inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation, and adaptation to climate change in their building stock. For example, in January 2021, the New European Bauhaus initiative [ 26 ] was announced by President von der Leyen in her 2020 State of the Union address [ 27 ]. The New European Bauhaus is an environmental, economic, and cultural project aiming to combine design, sustainability, accessibility, affordability, and investment to deliver the European Green Deal. The core values of the New European Bauhaus are sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusiveness. However, despite these exciting initiatives, one of the main problems for developing this new paradigm of sustainable building stock is the remaining concern about financing for housing acquisition, taxation, and long-term amortisation [ 28 , 29 ]. On the one hand, the high initial capital costs and low market value compared to conventional construction create a dilemma for stakeholders [ 30 ]. On the other hand, there is a lack of urgency in implementation, as the current generation of policymakers will be gone by the time the most severe effects of climate change are felt. Besides this, the dispersion of competencies between different government levels (central government, regional governments, and local governments) and many stakeholders in the process slows down the proper development of sustainable building [31–33]. In this sense, public authorities’ involvement (responsible for policy formulation and implementing enforcement measures) is seen as an effective mechanism to promote sustainability criteria in construction [ 11 , 34 ]. However, it is not only governmental bodies that are stakeholders in sustainable building. In the context of sustainable construction, stakeholders are individuals or groups with a specific interest in sustainable housing projects because their decisions affect the development of these projects and may be affected by the outcome. Stakeholders include developers, construction companies, governments, homebuyers, banks, and public employees with responsibilities for urban planning [35]. On this basis, previous research findings and international pronouncements (such as the SDGs) acknowledge the environmental, social, and economic benefits of sustainable Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 3 of 21 buildings, and recognise the need for government incentives to encourage the adoption of sustainability criteria in the building sector [ 11 , 36 – 40 ]. In general, an incentive can be defined as something that influences people to act in specific ways [ 41 ]. Moreover, stakeholders can influence and share control over development initiatives and measures and the decisions that most affect them [ 42 – 44 ]. Therefore, it is of great interest to consider the expectations and needs of all stakeholders in analysing the measures that governments can put in place as effective instruments for reducing the environmental impact of the building sector. On this basis, considering the wide variety of instruments (from national to local and from fiscal to financial) available to governments around the world, it is necessary and timely to identify concrete drivers (or stimulating factors) that enhance the implementation of sustainability criteria from a stakeholder’s perspective, including all three aspects of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social) throughout the whole life cycle of the building. From this start point, this paper’s main objective is to find drivers that governments could adopt to enhance sustainability in housing construction, renovation, and use, based on stakeholder perceptions. To meet this objective, we have conducted an opinion survey among various sustainable building stakeholders. Our findings are exciting and novel for designing public policies to enhance sustainability in housing construction and use; they may help countries interested in implementing governmental measures on sustainable building. Although research on drivers in the construction industry is vast, no studies have been published covering the diversity of drivers of various categories related to the whole building’s life cycle and from all stakeholders’ perspectives. With its holistic and comprehensive approach, this work is an important step forward. It provides new knowledge that is highly relevant to developing a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient building stock from the perspective of all stakeholders. As such, our findings are very novel and represent an advance over previous research because they are helpful for the design of viable and effective housing policies to promote sustainability. The relevance of our findings relates to the holistic approach used (diverse points of view) and to or study’s complete nature, simultaneously incorporating fiscal, financial, technical, political matters. This work aims to be a first preliminary advancement that, with an exploratory nature, provides a basis for continuing to advance in the design of public policies on sustainable building. 1.1. Previous Research There are different approaches in the academic literature relating to the drivers (incentive measures) for developing sustainable buildings, depending on the type of instrument used. On the one hand, we have observed works associated with the option of implementing fiscal incentives, forcing compliance with specific conditions or requirements implemented by governments [ 45 , 46 ]. Works such as that by Kong and He [ 47 ] analysed China’s incentive policies for sustainable buildings, highlighting their non-existence until 2013. On the other hand, authors such as Love et al. [ 48 ] defended the benefits of sustainable structures in terms of adopting sustainable construction practices. Thus, as Andelin et al. [ 49 ] pointed out, progress concerning sustainability in construction depends on people in the sector being aware of the importance and possibilities offered by sustainable buildings, and the ability and willingness to act on this knowledge. Other authors, such as Rana et al. [ 50 ], reviewed the incentives, such as taxes, loans, grants and rebates, available for sustainable buildings in Canada, although they only focused on energy performance. The review by Circo [ 15 ] only describes incentives to encourage green building in the private sector in the United States. Falkenbach et al. [ 51 ] analysed sustainability drivers for real estate investors. Qi et al. [ 52 ] identified those incentives that influence contractors to adopt sustainable construction practices through a survey. Other works include critiques and strategies to improve government incentives. Zuo and Zhao [ 53 ] identified those incentives that influence contractors to adopt sustainable Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 4 of 21 construction practices through a survey. Other works include criticisms and strategies to improve government incentives. Zuo and Zhao [ 53 ] pointed out that no comprehensive description has been offered of incentives as a tool to drive the adoption of sustainable building. Despite their differences, most researchers agree that tax-based and voluntary drivers can stimulate the adoption of sustainable buildings. In addition, articles based on the analysis of qualitative and quantitative variables have also been found in the literature. Namely, Romano et al. [ 54 ] evaluated the performance of waste services in Tuscany, using external operational variables associated with the estimation of efficiency, and determining that the adoption of the zero-waste strategy is related to higher efficiency in the waste collection service, where privatisation is not associated with a significant improvement in performance results. Smith and Blizard [55] analysed the qualitative and quantitative variables in the effects of urban sprawl on economic mobility in the United States, finding that the spillover effects of social capital, poverty, access to employment, housing stock, and quality of life education are negative. Finally, Rodriguez et al. [ 56 ] focused on qualitative variables, analysing subjective responses to daylight changes in window views, based on an immersive experiment. However, no work has so far been published that thoroughly and comprehensively analyses a wide variety of drivers from the perspective of different stakeholders, which justifies the interest in our research in advancing knowledge on how to enhance the sustainability of dwellings, including construction, refurbishment, and use, in their life cycle. 1.2. The Role of Drivers around the World Many countries around the world are implementing drivers to promote sustainable building. These drivers are usually fiscal (obliging the user to adopt specific sustainability criteria) or voluntary, providing incentives through subsidies or other sustainability mechanisms in buildings [57]. In Europe, governments in countries such as Spain have established subsidies and loans to construct new buildings and refurbish energy efficiency features. There is a building renovation scheme (the New Green Savings scheme, 2019) that has provided more than CZK 2 billion in subsidies to 9088 projects, focusing on energy renovations [ 58 ]. In Finland, the Energy Certificate Act requires owners to obtain an energy certificate and permit procedures for new buildings when selling or renting [ 59 ]. Besides this, the Building and Land Use Act ensures that land and water areas and construction activities create preconditions for favourable living environments, and promote ecologically, economically, socially, and culturally sustainable development. The enhanced capital allowance scheme in the UK allows a 100% deduction of the investment cost in qualifying for energy-saving technology, although there are no specific incentives for the building itself [ 60 ]. In France, there are some incentives for green building. Thus, buildings that have received a Low Energy Consumption in Buildings label are partially or fully exempted from property tax. Such exemptions are up to 100%, depending on the local authorities’ decision, determining the exemption period. In the Netherlands, depreciation allowances are granted for environmentally friendly assets in arbitrary depreciation environmental investments (VAMIL). It is possible to deduct up to 36% of capital outlay from the taxable profit, in addition to regular depreciation [61,62]. In Poland, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management offers incentive programmes for constructing energy-efficient houses or purchasing energyefficient flats [ 63 ]. Subsidies are granted in partial reimbursement of the bank loan for the construction/purchase of a home. Incentives are also available to construct new energyefficient public buildings, collective residences, thermal efficiency improvements, and energy-saving investments. In Portugal, the property transfer tax can be exempted if a buildings’ energy efficiency is upgraded in specific urban properties. Municipalities may also reduce the municipal property tax rate for urban properties considered “green” or “energy-efficient”, based on energy consumption [ 64 ]. Switzerland’s “Building Programme” incentivises house renovation to improve windows, walls, roofs, and floors [65]. Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 5 of 21 On the other hand, regional programmes have been implemented in Canada, such as in Hamilton, where an exemption of up to 75% of the property tax is expected to accrue on a new, sustainable building [ 66 ]. Colombia has established minimum water and energy savings per year that new buildings must achieve, depending on their location. Municipalities and districts are also encouraged to develop incentives to increase these minimum water and energy savings rates. There is also a project underway to establish guidelines for the National Sustainable Construction Policy, in order to provide economic benefits and financial (and other) incentives to promote sustainable construction in Colombia [67]. In Mexico, there are no federal fiscal incentives for green building, although local incentives do exist. For example, Mexico City offers property tax reductions for certified sustainable buildings [ 68 ]. Similarly, in New Zealand, there are no significant government incentives for the construction or occupation of green buildings. Local governments must adopt a “sustainable approach to urban planning and build”; however, there is no further guidance or structure. The New Zealand Building Council provides resources and rating systems rather than incentives. In Singapore, the government launched the Green Mark Scheme in 2005 to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise environmental awareness among developers, designers, and builders, from project conceptualisation and design through to construction. To encourage the private sector to construct buildings that achieve the highest Green Mark ratings, they have introduced a set of incentives, reimbursing up to 50% of eligible costs incurred exclusively to improve energy efficiency in buildings [69]. Thailand does not provide incentives for green buildings. However, the Energy Conservation Promotion Act establishes obligations and responsibilities (e.g., construction or retrofit criteria) for certain types of buildings with a total floor area of 2000 m 2 or more, such as hospitals, schools, offices, convention centres, theatres, hotels, entertainment venues and department stores. Besides this, certain types of buildings have additional obligations, for which non-compliance may result in special electricity charges and criminal fines [70]. The literature review shows different works that look at enhancing sustainable building through different incentives. However, most studies and policies have focused on one aspect of sustainability (i.e., energy efficiency) without considering the whole life cycle of the building. Amoruso et al. [ 71 ] quantified incentives for energy-efficient technical systems for new buildings and renovations in Korea. The findings identified current legislative privileges for new buildings. Sunikka-Blank and Iwafune [ 72 ] concluded on the need to introduce mandatory thermal regulations in housing in addition to market-based instruments to obtain more significant savings in the housing sector in Japan. Sayce et al. [ 73 ] discussed the possibility of stimulating, through the tax system, measures to reward sustainable practices in property investment and management in the UK, facilitated by a more open dialogue with government bodies. Bottero et al. [ 74 ] identified the cost-effectiveness of retrofit energy strategies to determine when it is optimal to encourage building retrofits and to what degree, investigating the role of incentives and their impacts on private investment decisions in the United States. These works do not include a comprehensive study of the performance, cycle, use and monitoring of different water sources; the use, recycling, reuse and environmental impact of materials and resources; the reduction, control, consumption and use of energy, environmental ergonomics, designs, processes and strategies that promote sustainability in the built environment; the use of traditional local materials and techniques; the use of resources and reuse of building materials, systems and subsystems; and the ability of buildings to adapt to climate change (and its consequences) without damage. Therefore, more research is needed to identify governmental drivers, considering the different government levels that can make decisions and the wide variety of instruments available to analyse the whole-building life cycle, which motivates the timeliness and interest of the present paper. Our empirical results show an advance on previous research findings, and are helpful for different countries. Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 6 of 21 2. Materials and Methods To identify governmental drivers for sustainable building, we used the following methodological phases: (i) sample selection; (ii) selection of potential drivers; (iii) design and execution of the opinion survey; and (iv) analysis of the results. This is a preliminary study, so it is necessary to carry it out in a territory where the respondents have a homogeneous ownership culture and socio-cultural context. For this reason, Spain was selected as a very appropriate territory for the empirical study. Moreover, the construction sector in this country generates a high percentage of gross domestic product (GDP); 5% in 2019. The importance of taxes derived from the construction sector and its preference for purchasing real estate capital over renting (77% of citizens are owners) is almost 10 points higher than the European average. Finally, the low percentage of investment in sustainable building and the tax burden on housing have made Spain one of the EU countries with the highest proportional tax on property ownership. In Europe, there are three main approaches to public administration: Anglo-Saxon, Nordic and continental European [ 75 ]. Spain is integrated into the continental European approach [ 76 ]. Since the public management model for building in Spain is similar to that of other countries, our methodology and results should be an interesting reference for governments in other countries interested in promoting sustainable building. Finally, the study focused on residential single-family and multi-family buildings that are entirely owned or are properties under loan. Residential buildings have the most significant environmental, economic, and social impact on building typologies [ 77 , 78 ]. Most buildings in Spain (66%) are residential [ 79 ]. Furthermore, 56.3% of the buildings were constructed before 1980, before the first energy-saving standards for buildings were approved [ 80 ]. Therefore, these buildings do not have any thermal insulation [ 81 ]. Gangolells et al. [ 82 ] studied 20% of the energy certificates issued in Spain for residential buildings until 2016, and found that the vast majority (94.3%) of residential buildings or building units constructed before 1980 were rated E or G on the CO2emissions indicator. 2.1. Selection of the Sample The first phase of the methodology was to select stakeholders based on the so-called Stakeholders Theory. According to Freeman and Mcvea [ 83 ], a stakeholder is a group or individual that can affect or be affected by an organisation’s efforts to achieve its objectives. This theory holds that management’s goal (including government) is the longterm maximisation of stakeholders’ welfare [ 84 ]. Friedman and Miles [ 85 ] stated that government policies should be guided by the needs of the people who can influence their decisions. According to these postulations, the academic literature highlights the importance of stakeholder participation in implementing sustainability criteria in buildings at all stages of the life cycle [ 4 , 86 – 89 ]. Thus, for the selection of those to be surveyed, the following questions were established: • Who are the stakeholders that can influence (or be affected by) the environmental and socio-economic impact of the building, retrofitting and use of residential housing? • Who can improve the sustainability of residential housing construction and retrofitting by the life cycle stage? Thus, based on these issues, 19 types of stakeholders were identified; see Table 1. The 19 stakeholders represent the private and public sector and cover all actors involved in the building’s life cycle. Regarding the demographic data of the 19 types of stakeholders, all respondents have an average knowledge of green building. All respondents (technical professionals in building, builders, developers, and employees of financial institutions) have more than ten years of experience in some phase of the life cycle of the home, including design, construction, financing, use and renovations. The politicians belong to municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, and develop legal frameworks in the matter of housing. In addition, the owners have a medium economic level, and they have purchased family Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 7 of 21 homes in the last 10 years. In general, all those surveyed know the construction sector in Spain very well, since at some point they have had to make decisions about housing. Table 1. Detailed composition of the panel of stakeholders. Stakeholders Selection Criteria Demographic Data * Ref. First Round Second Round Answers Answers Building professionals (architects and engineers) Technical building professionals >10 years of experience 48,000 active architects in Spain [90] 6 72 Local administration technician Municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants Knowledge of sustainability 149 municipalities in Spain with more than 50,000 inhabitants [91] 1 14 Technician of the autonomous administration Knowledge of sustainability 5 9 Technician from the state administration Knowledge of sustainability 1 5 Technician with political links Knowledge of sustainability 1 3 Policy Politician or policy at local level Municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants 1 4 Regional-level politician or policy Included in areas directly related to the building or construction process 1 1 Politician or politician at state level 1 1 Organisations Professional associations 26 architects’ colleges 2 47 Universities and research centres >10 years of experience 4 11 Owners and users Homeowner with only one dwelling and in use Medium economic level 25,793.323 dwellings for main use 19353.120 dwellings for non-major use 4 17 Owner with two dwellings, both in use 2 9 Owner with one empty dwelling 2 4 Owner of a dwelling that is rented out 1 1 Landlord/landlady 1 1 Financial institutions Financial institutions >10 years of experience 181,575 employees of credit institutions and financial credit institutions [92] 2 8 Builders and developers Builder >10 years of experienceKnowledge of sustainability 2 9 Developer 2 8 Builder and developer 1 5 Total 40 229 * Examples of demographic data. Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 8 of 21 In accordance with the Stakeholders Theory, our sample has been selected based on a holistic approach. So, we have chosen these types of stakeholders to obtain, collectively, the perceptions of a high diversity of people involved in the design, application, and effects of public policies on sustainable building. This approach is justified in the search for points of consensus to facilitate the viability and effectiveness of policies to promote sustainable building. Accordingly, our sample is not completely random, as we have tried to achieve the widest possible variety of perceptions, simultaneously incorporating matters fiscal, financial, technical, management and political. 2.2. Identification of Potential Drivers In the second stage, the potential drivers for the promotion of sustainability criteria in housing were identified. Following previous research [ 45 , 46 ], the drivers can be fiscal, financial, and governmental interventions. Fiscal drivers take the form of rebates on the payment of certain tax obligations granted to taxpayers to promote the performance of specific activities considered of interest by the public sector. Financial drivers enhance sectors’ interest in reducing cost and increasing market demand, e.g., setting a feasible price for energy, tax deduction programmes, efficient products, subsidy programmes, and financial support. The drivers of government interventions represent governmental bodies’ role through education, training, information publication, and technical support [ 93 ]. In any case, we paid particular attention to the set of drivers to be assessed in the survey that meet the following requirements: • clear, concise, and legally supported according to the territorial context of the application; • covers the entire life cycle of the building, from the conceptual design stage to the demolition stage; • covers all aspects of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social) and represent all possible casuistry, from fiscal to financial, without forgetting other drivers for promoting sustainability. Based on the established criteria and following the regulations in force in the different areas [ 94 ], Table 2identifies 41 drivers that different government agencies could adopt in Spain to improve the sustainability of residential construction, renovation, and housing, out of a total of 67. Once the selection was made, these were categorised according to their nature, typology, and legal basis into three categories: 30 fiscal drivers, divided into taxes and fees; five financial drivers; and six drivers related to government interventions. These drivers are based on the regulations that are in force and directly related to the building process in Spain. Table 2. Drivers identified. Driver Definition Fiscal. Deductions and allowances in Taxes 1 Personal Income Tax (IRPF) Personal income tax or IRPF is a personal, progressive and direct tax on the income obtained in a calendar year by individuals’ resident in Spain. 2 Corporate Income Tax (IS) IS is a tax levied on the income of companies and other legal entities. Corporate income tax is a tax levied on the profits made by companies and other legal entities. 3 Urban Property Tax (IBI) IBI is a compulsory, direct, actual, objective, and periodic local tax levied on real estate’s value regardless of its product or income. 4Tax on Increase in Value of Urban Land (IIVTNU) The IIVTNU, also known as municipal capital gains tax, is a tax within the local tax system in Spain levied on the increase in value of urban land at the time of transfer. 5 Tax on unoccupied dwellings. Whether in the city, on the beach or in the mountains, the owner of an unoccupied property must pay real estate income as personal income tax. The amount to be paid is calculated based on the property’s cadastral value and depending on whether this cadastral value has been revised. Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 9 of 21 Table 2. Cont. 6 Tax on Economic Activities (IAE) The IAE is a tax that forms part of the Spanish tax system managed by the local councils. It directly taxes the performance of any economic activity, both by individuals and legal entities. Unlike other taxes, its amount is constant regardless of the balance of the activity. It is a direct, compulsory, proportional, accurate and shared management tax. 7 Value-Added Tax (VAT) Value-added tax (VAT) is an indirect consumption tax. It is levied, in the manner and under the conditions laid down by law, on the following transactions: the supply of goods and services carried out by entrepreneurs or professionals. 8Tax on the manufacture of electricity The electricity tax is fixed by law. This means that no one is exempt from paying it and that, even if no electricity consumption is made during a month, it will be applied to the contracted power. Therefore, the electricity tax can be controlled through consumption and contracted power since it is a figure obtained from a percentage of both terms. Besides this, the 21% VAT is also levied on this electricity tax, so that in the end, you are paying a much higher amount of Tax than was initially apparent. 9 Tax on constructions, installations and works (ICIO) The ICIO is an optional tax, depending on the taxable event of the carrying out, within the municipality, of any construction, installation, or work. A building or urban planning licence is required, and the issuing is determined by the town council. 10 Transfer Tax and Stamp Duty (ITP) ITP is an indirect tax levied on three taxable events. This tax is levied on the purchase of second-hand property and rentals and legal acts, such as the public deed of sale of a property or the deed of a mortgage execution. Driver Fiscal. Reduction of taxes A fee or charge is a consideration for the provision of public service by local government bodies. A fee is a charge paid by the individual taxpayer for the provision and maintenance of public service. 11 Water supply service charges 12 Sewerage service charges. 13 Refuse collection service charges 14 Waste treatment service taxes 15 Sewerage levy rates 16 Taxes for the provision of basic services 17 Taxes for planning permission 18 Taxes for certificates of occupancy and first occupation licences 19 Vehicle parking taxes 20 Vehicle entry taxes Driver Definition 21 Taxes for the opening of trenches and ditches. 22 Taxes for the occupation of public roads with temporary suspension of road traffic 23 Taxes for the use of a flight of stairs 24 Taxes for the execution of works 25 Taxes for urban development actions 26 Development taxes 27 Urbanisation taxes 28 Urban development taxes 29 Taxes on real estate rentals 30 Taxes on rentals of urban property Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 16 of 21 that all the agents involved have. This opens several research lines on how sustainable particular actions would be and how they could be balanced within the complex interplay of the concept of sustainability and resilience, the circular economy, and adaptation to climate change in buildings. This approach raises the question of whether specific criteria should be prioritised over others or whether, on the contrary, the success of the new paradigm of the building stock is based on equity between all environmental, economic, and social stakeholders. Finally, it is worth noting the respondents’ concerns about how compliance with sustainability criteria will be certified. This is where the concept of the sustainable building assessment method (SBAM) comes in. These instruments are based on criteria that provide quantitative and qualitative performance indicators from an environmental, economic, and social perspective [ 106 , 107 ]. However, the voluntary nature of these instruments [ 108 ] determines the potential of these tools as a precursor to sustainable building development [ 4 ]. 5. Conclusions Our empirical results are novel due to the high number of incentives analysed, covering the entire building life cycle and addressing all aspects of sustainability (environmental, economic, and social) by studying the opinions of a wide variety of stakeholders. Thus, the findings and methodology used can be interesting for governments of countries interested in implementing policies to promote sustainable building, as our results can be extrapolated. The findings obtained show that stakeholders, in general, strongly agree with the implementation of governmental drivers as instruments to stimulate sustainability in the construction, renovation and use of dwellings. Furthermore, the most highly-rated drivers are those considered to be the most effective in driving sustainable building and can help guide the definition of public policies on sustainable housing. In the opinion of the stakeholders surveyed, the most valuable drivers to boost sustainability in housing are financial drivers, followed by fiscal drivers and government interventions. This reveals the opportunity for governments to exercise their legal powers to implement measures aimed at implementing these three types of instruments (financial, fiscal and government interventions), and their interest in doing so. For the financial drivers, our results show that the most effective government measures would be to provide non-repayable subsidies, facilitate preferential low-interest financing for sustainable homebuyers, and provide climate bonds for homeowners and non-homeowners. In terms fiscal drivers, government policies should mainly be directed towards legally regulating rebates and deductions in property tax, building and construction tax, income tax (buyers), corporate tax, value-added tax (construction companies and developers), and fees for habitability and first occupancy licences. These policies may involve decisions at different government levels, such as local governments and central governments, which should act in a coordinated manner in their measures to promote sustainable building. On the other hand, in terms of government interventions, public policies should be based on priority, technical support mechanisms, the implementation of housing design support tools, the facilitating of access to databases, and the providing of subsidies to finance public services. These findings show the need for governments to take legal, fiscal, technical and social measures to promote sustainability in housing construction, renovation and use, using a comprehensive and integrated approach to balance the economic, environmental and social aspects of housing provision. In parallel, our results suggest that the effectiveness of the measures require coordinated planning between the policies to be adopted at different levels of government (central government, regional governments, and local governments). In this sense, it could be interesting for national governments to regulate possible fiscal and financial incentives and, on that basis, for regional and local governments to implement specific drivers adapted to Sustainability 2021,13, 7701 17 of 21 the peculiarities of the socio-economic context of each territory. More specifically, fiscal policies for sustainable building should focus on direct and indirect taxes rather than fees. Our findings are very novel and represent an advance over previous research for three reasons. First, we employ a holistic approach (unprecedented so far), based on the joint analysis of perspectives from various stakeholders, obtaining useful knowledge to design viable and effective public policies. Second, our analysis includes aspects related to the home’s entire useful life, not only to construction. Third, our results are much more complete than those of the studies carried out so far, since we simultaneously include subjects of a very diverse nature (fiscal, financial, technical, political, etc.). Thus, in the conclusions section, we have added why and how our findings advance and deepen the conclusions of the previous research, providing very useful knowledge for the design of public policies on sustainable housing. Finally, our results also support the idea that sustainable building could be promoted through other governmental measures aimed at increasing the visibility of its benefits among citizens, and at improving the transparency and reliability of the drivers to be applied, such as: •analysis and dissemination of the economic effects derived from tax rebates; • study and publication of the environmental impact of the increase in buildability and change of use; • definition of procedures and methodologies to assess and certify the sustainability of buildings. Author Contributions: Conceptualisation, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; methodology, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; validation, C.D.-L., A.N.-G. and M.Z.; formal analysis, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; investigation, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; resources, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; writing—original draft preparation, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; writing—review and editing, C.D.-L., A.N.-G. and M.Z.; visualisation, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C.; supervision, C.D.-L., A.N.-G., M.Z. and D.B.-C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. Funding: This work has received financial support from the ERDF project with reference B1-SEJ-217- UGR18, awarded as a bridge project through competitive competition by the Department of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities (Regional Government of Andalusia) and research group TEP-968 Technologies for Circular Economy of the University of Granada. 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