Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors

The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry recognized green rating system for buildings which has been launched to promote sustainability in the built environment. The application of GBI has contributed varied perception and attitude among key players in the Malaysia construction industry...

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Main Authors:	Zarith Sufia, Azlan, Nur Syamimi, Zulkefli, Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin, Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/1/Awareness%20of%20Green%20Building%20Index%20%28GBI%29%20Implementation%20among%20Malaysian%20Contractors.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/7/fim-2015-zarithsufia-Awareness%20of%20Green%20Building.pdf

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spelling	ump-105392018-03-28T07:43:37Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/ Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors Zarith Sufia, Azlan Nur Syamimi, Zulkefli Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez HD28 Management. Industrial Management The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry recognized green rating system for buildings which has been launched to promote sustainability in the built environment. The application of GBI has contributed varied perception and attitude among key players in the Malaysia construction industry mainly by the contractors. Two fields of studies, survey and interview have been conducted in this study to investigate the level of awareness, acceptance and application by the Malaysian contractors in adopting GBI system. Presently, the results indicate that majority of the respondents have lack of experienced in green building projects particularly in handling GBI’s rated project. This is due to lower level of understanding on the green building rating systems especially the GBI itself and concerned over high cost to their project. It is recommended that the GBI should be compulsory in rated all buildings in Malaysia and actions are needed to increase knowledge towards this system to all levels of contractors. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/1/Awareness%20of%20Green%20Building%20Index%20%28GBI%29%20Implementation%20among%20Malaysian%20Contractors.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/7/fim-2015-zarithsufia-Awareness%20of%20Green%20Building.pdf Zarith Sufia, Azlan and Nur Syamimi, Zulkefli and Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin and Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez (2015) Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors. In: Malaysian Technical Universities Conference On Engineering And Technology (MUCET 2015), 11-13 October 2015 , Johor Bahru. pp. 1-11.. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	HD28 Management. Industrial Management Zarith Sufia, Azlan Nur Syamimi, Zulkefli Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors
description	The Green Building Index (GBI) is Malaysia’s industry recognized green rating system for buildings which has been launched to promote sustainability in the built environment. The application of GBI has contributed varied perception and attitude among key players in the Malaysia construction industry mainly by the contractors. Two fields of studies, survey and interview have been conducted in this study to investigate the level of awareness, acceptance and application by the Malaysian contractors in adopting GBI system. Presently, the results indicate that majority of the respondents have lack of experienced in green building projects particularly in handling GBI’s rated project. This is due to lower level of understanding on the green building rating systems especially the GBI itself and concerned over high cost to their project. It is recommended that the GBI should be compulsory in rated all buildings in Malaysia and actions are needed to increase knowledge towards this system to all levels of contractors.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Zarith Sufia, Azlan Nur Syamimi, Zulkefli Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez
author_facet	Zarith Sufia, Azlan Nur Syamimi, Zulkefli Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin Puteri Fadzline, Tamyez
author_sort	Zarith Sufia, Azlan
title	Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors
title_short	Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors
title_full	Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors
title_fullStr	Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors
title_full_unstemmed	Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors
title_sort	awareness of green building index (gbi) implementation among malaysian contractors
publishDate	2015
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/1/Awareness%20of%20Green%20Building%20Index%20%28GBI%29%20Implementation%20among%20Malaysian%20Contractors.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10539/7/fim-2015-zarithsufia-Awareness%20of%20Green%20Building.pdf
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Awareness of Green Building Index (GBI) Implementation among Malaysian Contractors

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