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In the dual context of the digital age and the ‘double carbon’ objectives, enhancing the innovation efficiency of integrating digitalization and low carbonization in the construction industry has become an inevitable trend. This study utilizes the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method, framed within the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) theoretical perspective. By analyzing data from 30 provinces, the research examines how technological, organizational, and environmental factors influence the innovation efficiency of integrating digitalization and low carbonization in the construction sector from a configurational standpoint. The findings reveal that, as a whole, there is a necessary condition for the potential absence of high innovation efficiency in this integration within the construction industry. Additionally, no singular necessary condition was identified that affects high innovation efficiency in the sector. The study identifies four equivalent configuration pathways to enhance innovation efficiency by integrating digitalization and low carbonization. These pathways suggest that provinces can select a trajectory more suitable for the synergistic advancement of “digitalization and low carbonization” in the construction sector based on local city conditions, ultimately achieving the “dual carbon” goal. The research findings support the “Porter hypothesis,” highlighting the critical role of environmental regulation in improving the innovation efficiency of this integration within the construction industry.

在数字时代与“双碳”目标的双重背景下，提升建筑业数字化与低碳化融合的创新效率已成为必然趋势。本研究基于技术-组织-环境（Technology-Organization-Environment, TOE）理论视角，运用模糊集定性比较分析（fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, fsQCA）方法开展研究。本研究以我国30个省份的相关数据为分析样本，从组态视角探讨技术、组织与环境因素如何影响建筑业数字化与低碳化融合的创新效率。研究结果显示，整体而言，建筑业数字化与低碳化融合的创新效率未能达到高水平这一状况，存在一项必要前提条件；此外，未发现任何单一必要条件会对该领域的创新效率提升产生影响。本研究确定了四条可提升建筑业数字化与低碳化融合创新效率的等效组态路径，这些路径表明各省份可结合本地实际发展条件，选择更适配建筑业“数字化与低碳化”协同发展的发展轨迹，最终达成“双碳”目标。本研究结果佐证了“波特假说”，凸显了环境规制在提升建筑业数字化与低碳化融合创新效率中的关键作用。