Putrajaya Green Building In Malaysia
Putrajaya is a showcase of malaysia incorporated at its best.
Putrajaya green building in malaysia. The putrajaya international convention centre in putrajaya malaysia. The rest of the states or territories pale in comparison with penang having 31 registered gbi projects putrajaya 21 johor 16 malacca 10 pahang and negeri sembilan six each sabah and sarawak five each perak four while kelantan and kedah have one each. The green building index gbi is malaysia s industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness among developers architects engineers planners designers contractors and the public about environmental issues and our responsibility to the future generations. The previous development was more on physical and infrastructural development as an administrative centre but now the focus is more on filling the gaps he told bernama recently.
Photo credit ntlam via wikipedia. The rise of green building in malaysia. Putrajaya was the idea of the th. More than 50 million ft.
The seat of the federal government was shifted in 1999 from kuala lumpur to putrajaya because of overcrowding and congestion in the former. Putrajaya officially the federal territory of putrajaya is a planned city and the federal administrative centre of the malaysian capital. 2 has been certified by green building index gbi. As a result the number of green buildings in malaysia has exploded since the diamond building s construction in 2010.
Malaysia s commitment to sustainable development is demonstrated in the construction of putrajaya the administrative centre of malaysia. The diamond building which is the energy commission s headquarters is located at precinct 2 putrajaya adjacent to taman pancarona a public landscape garden. Business and economy comment environment green technology. Putrajaya aug 31 the concept of smart city green city and sports city will drive putrajaya s vision for the next five years said perbadanan putrajaya ppj president datuk aminuddin hassim.
Kuala lumpur remains malaysia s national capital and is the seat of the king of malaysia the parliament and all the foreign embassies and the country s commercial and financial centre. Sustainable development in malaysia has been a national focal point for decades. Green building index platinum rat ing malaysia s green building rat ing system can be achieved with an additional cost of 6. The green energy office building recognised in short geo building is an administration cum research office for malaysian green technology corporation following the success of the low energy office leo building which hosted the ministry of energy green technology and water kettha in putrajaya.
2 4 6 million m. Selangor is leading in terms of having the largest number of registered green building index gbi projects totalling 166 with kuala lumpur following closely behind 117.