The Economic Benefits of Green Building and Its Challenges in Malaysia

Chin, Lur Yan (2021) The Economic Benefits of Green Building and Its Challenges in Malaysia. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Green buildings are buildings which are built to be environmentally friendly and sustainable. Nevertheless, in Malaysia, the concept of green building is counted as a new trend and considerably unfamiliar among the Malaysian citizens such as the construction practitioners who are still not alert of the differences between a conventional building and a green building and the way it affects the environment in different ways. In other words, the lack of awareness has started to hamper the green building projects in Malaysia. Hence, to tackle this problem, this research study will be carried out to explore the key features of green building, also to identify the potential economic benefits of green building and to determine the challenges facing by construction practitioner in implementing Green Building Concept in their construction project. For the literature review, the data was collected from conference paper, reference books, reports, journals and articles from previous researcher. In this research, descriptive research method will be used. The respondents were randomly selected from the group of construction practitioner, such as architects, contractors, quantity surveyors, civil and structural engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers who are involved or worked in the construction industry in Selangor area. Besides, the method applied for collecting data was questionnaire survey form. Moreover, primary and secondary data collection was used in this research. The type of questionnaire designed in this research was close-ended questionnaire, checklist questionnaire and five Point Likert-scale questionnaires. All the questionnaires were sent out to the respondents manually through e-mail. 100 sets of questionnaire survey forms are distributed to the respondents during the semester break and 80 sets of questionnaire survey forms were received back from the respondents. All the primary data have been collected by using random sampling method. In addition, the descriptive statistic method of quantitative method will be used for analysing data through Statistical Package for the Social Science such as frequency distribution analysis, multiple response analysis and measurements of central tendency. Furthermore, discussion on the Findings and Research Objectives will be provided in this study as well as the future research and limitations. In conclusion, this research can bring advantages to various parties in Malaysia such as construction practitioners, construction sector workers, and the public. It helps them to understand the key features of green building, follow by providing the potential economic benefits of green building and the challenges facing by construction practitioner in implementing Green Building Concept in their construction project.