Green Building Index

Chong, Zhen Yuan (2020) Green Building Index. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

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. In Malaysia, GBI is quite familiar as it is going the new culture. GBI is a tool that provides an opportunity for developers and building owners to design and construct green, sustainable buildings that can provide energy savings, water savings, a healthier indoor environment, better connectivity to public transport and the adoption of recycling and greenery for their projects and reduce our impact on the environment. Minorly of the local construction organisation is still reluctant to employ such green building index tool although it is promoted to be beneficial to their project. The objectives of this research are to study the Green Building Index in Malaysian construction industry, identify the differences in green building index compared to other existing Green Rating Tools and to propose possible methods to achieve the Green Building Index Assessment Criteria for Non- Residential New Construction (NRNC). A total 50 sets of questionnaires have been distributed to the professional parties within Klang Valley and Penang while 48 sets have been collected. The conclusion summarised that the construction parties are standing in opinion that the implementation of green building in the future 5 years. Meanwhile, the research provides the findings that GBI tools has the potential to bring positive effects to the environment as it gives better effectiveness and promotes higher quality of indoor environment. In fact, each party in construction field carries a vital role to be collaborative and cooperative among each other in adopting the new technology culture.