June 2010
Building Green: Challenges Faced by Engineers
ACCORDING to the United Staes Environmental Protection Agency, green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's lifecycle from design... Read more
May 2010
Working Towards A Greener PJ
In a fast developing city like Petaling Jaya, steps have to be taken to ensure that the city remains green and liveable. Read more
Uniform Building By-laws Review to Promote Green Technology
KUALA LUMPUR: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is reviewing the Uniform Building By-Laws in promoting the use of green technologies in buildings to create a more sustainable living environment for homeowners. Read more
April 2010
GBI to Launch Rating Tool for Existing Buildings
Albert Einstein once said, "Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted." In our efforts to combat climate change, this seems like an apt reference. Read more
IGBC Penang- Rules of a Sustainable Built Environment
The elements of the built environment impact the planet's climate and ecology by consuming resources, emitting wastes and displacing natural habitats. Read more
Going Green a Slow Process
Going green is a concept that is going to take a long time to be fully embraced by everyone but it is a future possibility if it is more about financial efficiency or being business savvy rather than purely about saving the environment Read more
March 2010
Govt to replace all bulbs with energy efficient ones by 2014
PUTRAJAYA: The Government will be replacing all existing bulbs with energy efficient ones as part of efforts to reduce carbon intensity by 40% by 2020, said Power, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin. Read more
February 2010
Hot And Bothered
WAHI IT's really hot this Chinese New Year!" This has to be most commonly use- and heard - sentence among Malaysians as they visited their Chinese friends and relatives over the Lunar new year. Read more