Assessment of Smart Buildings Purchase in Malaysia

Wo, Zi Xuan (2021) Assessment of Smart Buildings Purchase in Malaysia. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Due to the impact of technological changes, human needs and demands for housing have begun to increase and change. As one of the important infrastructures supporting the daily life of human society, the efficient and safe operation of buildings is a crucial issue. However, this has led to an increase in the demand for energy use by the global housing occupants. Since buildings account for nearly 50% of the total environmental pollution, which means a significant resource is spent, therefore changes for improvement must be made. Smart Buildings are an important contributor to the future low-carbon economy, where information systems and smart building applications will be perfectly integrated. It has intelligent control systems and interconnected devices that go beyond the traditional building structure and function. It has been around for a long time, but in Malaysia, Smart Buildings are still a fresh concept and rarely used in the construction industry. Hence, this research is aims to promote and assess the application of Smart Buildings among the Malaysian housing purchasers. Literature review and questionnaire survey are carried out to achieve the objectives. An online questionnaire survey was distributed to the target population and received a total of 56 responses. Descriptive analysis and inferential analysis, such as one-way ANOVA, independent sample T-test and multiple regression, were used to analyse the collected data. The results show that majority of the Malaysian housing purchasers have a high level of acceptance of Smart Buildings. However, the limitations of this research were low responses due to the time constraint and the collected samples are not able to represent whole population. Therefore, future studies should consider enlarge the sample size and proper time management when conducting the online surveys.