This data paper shows the perspectives by developers of housing on factors of the sustainable construction adoption. The Data was collected by using formal Likert scale questionnaire as main instrument. Simple random sampling was used to assign questionnaires to respondents. Data samples were evaluated using index and rating. The data will provide information on the most variables that considered as main factors for sustainable construction adoption. The importance between variables can provide information that will contribute to the expedition of sustainable practise in housing projects in Malaysia.