In the United Kingdom (UK), over the past three decades efforts have been made to ensure adequate promotion of sustainability objectives through various policy initiatives. However, despite the effort and the existence of these policy initiatives, sustainability projects in particular, regeneration projects are yet to deliver their intended sustainability objectives. While there is a rise in demand for higher sustainability benefits by stakeholders such as clients, communities and policy makers, the delivery of sustainability benefits from sustainability regeneration projects are yet to meet the expectations of these stakeholders. This article provides an overview of sustainability benefits within the context of the sustainable regeneration projects in the UK from a study that examines the roles and sustainability drivers of construction practitioners towards the promotion of sustainability on their regeneration projects. To do so, a qualitative research approach is adopted using a semi-structured interview technique for the study. The data obtained was analysed using content analysis. The findings revealed that out of the eight socio-economic sustainability drivers presented to practitioners, enhancement of reputation was the most important ‘socio-economic’ sustainability driver while the least important driver was legislative and legal requirement. The findings further revealed that majority of practitioners/ organisations were promoting the socio-economic sustainability driver they believed will enable them to meet their own corporate business objectives.

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建筑环境从业者在推动可持续再生的社会经济可持续性方面的作用

在英国（英国），过去的三十年中，通过各种政策举措，努力确保充分促进可持续发展目标。但是，尽管已经采取了这些政策措施，但仍在努力，尤其是可持续性项目，尤其是再生项目尚未实现其预期的可持续性目标。尽管利益相关者（例如客户，社区和决策者）对更高的可持续性利益的需求不断增长，但可持续性再生项目提供的可持续性利益仍未达到这些利益相关者的期望。本文通过一项研究对英国可持续再生项目的背景下的可持续性收益进行了概述，该研究考察了建筑从业人员在促进其再生项目可持续性方面的作用和可持续性驱动因素。为此，采用半结构化访谈技术进行定性研究。使用内容分析对获得的数据进行分析。调查结果表明，在向从业人员介绍的八种社会经济可持续性驱动因素中，提高声誉是最重要的“社会经济”可持续性驱动因素，而最不重要的驱动因素是立法和法律要求。