A systematic review of literature on electric vehicle ready buildings

The demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has skyrocketed recently prompting the need to make EV charging systems readily available everywhere including residential and commercial buildings. This has given rise to the concept of electric vehicle ready buildings (EVRBs). The relevance of EVRBs include the promotion of construction of charging infrastructures at homes and offices of EV owners. The concept (EVRBs) also has prospects of reducing carbon emissions, a key theme in the net-zero agenda together with lower energy expenditure. However, the key issues surrounding this novel concept has not been extensively explored in the construction management research. Therefore, this paper aims at critically exploring literature to identify the key issues on EV ready buildings. The study's objectives include a) to explore the status of the readiness of buildings for EVs and b) to analyse the success factors for EVRBs. Systematic review of studies from Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and PubMed was conducted in this article. The findings demonstrate that most of the ten classes of buildings are poorly ready for EV charging systems. Further, the findings reveal success factors for EVRBs such as green procurement practices, amendment of building codes (regulations) and strong stakeholder engagements to increase the awareness and acceptance of the concept among builders. As a review on an emerging concept, this article has demonstrated the need to incorporate EV charging systems in building practices which is a significant area for future studies in the built environment.