Examples Of Green Buildings In Malaysia
What makes a building green.
Examples of green buildings in malaysia. With a change of mindset and a little more education about these benefits cost savings and the importance of green building to the country s future the movement could explode. Green building practices can reduce a building s operating costs by as much as 9 percent increase building value by 7 5 percent and realize a 6 6 percent increase in return on investment. By listing the 6 criteria that make a building green in malaysia we will understand how the green building index g b i rating tool helps reduce its carbon footprint. Mesiniaga tower in subang jaya selangor 1993.
So far malaysia has only a handful of green buildings. 2 2 definition of green building. After that this chapter also will briefly introduce the malaysia green building index gbi and also examples of success green building in malaysia. There are few definitions for green building.
Some 40 of new buildings in the country are being designed and constructed with various degrees of eco friendliness. Ppm 038 14 17042009 common ground mid valley cgmv bo 1 c level 19 menara 2 no 3 jalan bangsar kl eco city 59200 kuala lumpur. 6017 8510 700 email. This covers how the building s design deals with the distribution of energy and its consumption.
Besides that the barriers of implementation green building in malaysia will be discussed in this chapter. So says ck tang honorary secretary of the malaysian green building confederation. Complementing the government of malaysia s efforts to encourage the use of environmentally friendly materials in the construction of green buildings researchers from the faculty of civil engineering universiti teknologi mara in malaysia have successfully developed an environment friendly version of building concrete called green mix concrete.