Jayawardana, Janappriya
Iyer-Raniga, Usha
Gajanayake, Akvan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, through the 'Transforming the Built Environment through Sustainable Materials' led by UNEP
Article History
Received: 14 October 2025
Accepted: 12 March 2026
First Online: 30 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Usha Iyer-Raniga declares that she is an Editorial Board Member of Discover Sustainability and confirms that she was not involved in the handling or decision-making of their own submission.
: The research protocol was reviewed and approved by the College Human Ethics Advisory Network (CHEAN) of RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) in accordance with the RMIT University Human Research Ethics Guidelines, the Australian National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007, updated 2018), and the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research. All participants provided written informed consent for their participation and publication of the research outcomes.
: Not Applicable.