The regeneration of abandoned industrial buildings (RAIBs) has received extensive attention in urban renewal efforts to achieve urban sustainable development goals. Meanwhile, the construction safety performance of RAIBs is a major challenge with increasing RAIB projects in China. Safety programs have been considered as one of the proactive methods to effectively reduce accidents and injuries in the construction industry. Various studies have conducted critical success factors (CSFs) that influence the effective implementation of safety programs in new buildings. However, the CSFs affecting the construction safety program implementation of RAIBs were ignored. The aim of this study is to determine CSFs that affect the safety program implementation of RAIB projects. First, sixteen factors were identified combining characteristics of RAIBs with literature reviews and experts’ opinion. Second, the fuzzy set theory and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) approach are proposed to identify the influencing degree of the factors and categorize these factors into cause-and-effect groups. Then, according to the causal diagram, management support (C1), allocation of authority and responsibility (C3), control of subcontractor (C5), personal attitude (C9), and safety inspections and hazard assessment (C14) are identified as the CSFs for the safety program implementation of RAIBs’ construction. This study guides the managers and stakeholders to especially concentrate on these CSFs in order to improve the efficiency of the safety program implementation of RAIB projects with limited resources. This study also will contribute to the improvement of safety performance and to the sustainable development goal of RAIB projects.

The positive relationship between building performance and users’ satisfaction and behavior in new buildings has been widely studied. However, in the context of adaptively reused buildings converted from historic buildings, how each performance aspect affects users’ perception is missing. To explore the design concerns needed to be considered related to the performance of adaptively reused buildings from user’s perspective, this paper proposed a framework to examine the effect of performance of adaptively reused buildings on users’ satisfaction and behavior using structural equation modeling. A total of 608 valid face‐to‐face interview questionnaires were collected at a school building converted from an abandoned industrial building. The empirical conclusions are as follows: (1) Building performance (including indoor environment quality, interior design, building services, and authenticity) all exerted a significant positive correlation with the learning behavior of students, among which indoor environment quality is the most critical factor affecting learning behavior of students. (2) Students’ satisfaction is positively affected by the building performance (including indoor environment quality, interior design, building services, and authenticity), among which authenticity has the greatest effect on students’ satisfaction. (3) The correlation between satisfaction and learning behavior of students is significant and positive. (4) Considering the mediator impact, authenticity indirectly affects learning behavior through satisfaction, while students’ satisfaction has a partially mediating effect between the other three performance aspects and learning behavior. This paper provides a framework for assessing the performance of adaptively reused buildings and gives practical strategies for the improvement of users’ satisfaction and behavior in similar projects.

Upgrading toilets in rural areas is an effective way to protect public health and reduce environmental pollution. Although there are studies on rural toilets, the sustainable performance of rural toilets in developing areas is considerably less understood. The study aims to build a sustainability assessment model of rural toilet technology to support the local government in upgrading rural toilets. The unascertained measure theory is integrated into the model to quantify the sustainability performance of rural toilet technology in three dimensions: economy, service and management, and environment. A case study of Honghai Village, Inner Mongolia, China, is conducted to verify the reliability of the sustainability assessment model. The results indicate that the sustainability performance of the three-compartment septic tank toilet technology is good in Honghai Village. The results are consistent with the situation of the three-compartment septic tank toilets in the village, which verifies the model’s validity. This study can help local government significantly upgrade rural toilets and improve the living standards of rural residents.