The Adoption of Green Technologies in the Malaysian Construction Industry

Wong, Chun Poh (2022) The Adoption of Green Technologies in the Malaysian Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Green construction technology is a technology used in construction industry which is more eco-friendly as compared to conventional construction. However, the use of green construction technology in Malaysia is remaining low due to some circumstances. Thus, this research is conducted and focused on three research objectives which are (1) to distinguish between conventional construction and green construction, (2) to identify the benefits of applying green technology in construction industry, (3) to determine the challenges of applying green construction technology. The differences between the conventional construction and green construction, the benefits and the challenges of applying green construction technology were identified and discussed in the literature review. To validate the information obtained from the literature review, a total of 150 sets of online questionnaire survey are distributed to the contractor with a minimum of grade 4 from CIDB who stayed within Klang Valley area. According to the responses to the questionnaires, The most widely agreed statements about the differences between conventional and green construction are (1) "Green construction is better than conventional construction," (2) "Conventional construction will generate a lot of waste during construction," and (3) "Green construction is environmentally friendly”. Whereas the top three advantages of adopting green construction technology are: (1) "Green construction technology is environmentally friendly," (2) "Green construction materials are recyclable and reusable," and (3) "Recovering and reusing building materials can save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions". The top 3 challenges of applying green construction technology in Malaysia are (1) "Low level of awareness and knowledge to green building among public", (2) "Some of the sustainable materials and technologies needed to build a sustainable building are not available in Malaysia", and (3) "Most green technologies are complex, and success necessitates technical expertise ".