Article as below:
www.mbipv.net.my/news1/2008/September/AS2414%20Pusat%20Tenaga.pdf
www.ptm.org.my
With the world’s supply of fossil fuels increasingly depleted, the price of energy rising and at the same time the world are taking steps to weather the global warming, the greenbuilding movement has rapidly matured over the past few years.
There is a rating system called LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for high performance buildings. As Malaysia moves toward a developed country in 2020, the energy requirement will be very intensive. Expert said that the commercial and residential buildings in Malaysia account for about 13% of total energy consumption and 48% of the electricity consumption. Hence there is a need to apply energy efficient strategies in reducing the building’s energy consumption.
As a good example, TNB built a Zero Energy Building (ZEO) which carries the primary objective- minimize the use of energy and efficient utilization of energy source. The cost of building construction was higher 10-15% than the conventional design but significantly low operating costs will more than offset this.
Due to our depleting oil field, this is vital for the government to construct or encourage more energy efficient buildings in the future. From Internet, I found that the KL Securities Commission headquarters was the winner of ASEAN Energy Awards for Energy Efficiency Building and KLIA was the runner-up in 2004. These buildings are shining example of Malaysian high-tech and energy efficient building success. I am proud to say that the country is moving towards a correct and bright direction in the future if continuing pushing this concept into their any mega project.
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Dear Low;
I had a visit to the PTM recently with ENSEARCH There is a ZEO ( Zero Energy Office) coming up at Putrajaya which is the new office of the Energy Commision.
LEED's rating is issued and certified by the World Green Building Council ( Based in US with branches in Australia, India, etc ref www.wgbc.com ) and gives star ratings for not only energy conservation, but for other aspects of the environmental considerations too. Water conservation is one category and waste minimisation, and use of building materials, etc.
There is a branch being formed here together but it is not very active and there is no listing in the WGBC website.
Every developer is now marketing themselves with sustaibnable development and this LEEED's rating is one certification that they are chasing..
I wish to become the designer or auditor for water conservation and reuse in the building.
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