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Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in the Implementation of Green Building (GB) Maintenance in Malaysia. Addressing all the challenges and issues in Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia efficiently and positively is very important to ensure the success of im...

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Main Authors: Shiela Sharif,, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman,, Pitt, Michael, Farhan Ab Rahman,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/1/45-42-PB.docx
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spelling my-ukm.journal.136522019-11-21T21:19:11Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/ Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges Shiela Sharif, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Pitt, Michael Farhan Ab Rahman, The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in the Implementation of Green Building (GB) Maintenance in Malaysia. Addressing all the challenges and issues in Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia efficiently and positively is very important to ensure the success of implementation and execution of the GB in Malaysia. Based on the literature, six (6) challenges have been identified as the major issues to the Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia such as 1) difficult to justify and manage GB maintenance contract; 2) difficult to relate the GB maintenance and GB rating tools and assessment; 3) difficult to justify life-cycle cost and wear and tear period for GB features, equipment, and innovations; 4) skilful and knowledgeable GB maintenance contractor; 5) maintenance budget allocation vs. return of investment for long-term saving; and 6) managing the client, end-user and stakeholder’s awareness about GB usage and maintenance. This paper hopes to initiate a new perspective in the smooth and effective implementation of GB Projects in Malaysia by mitigating the challenges and issues in implementing it. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/msword en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/1/45-42-PB.docx Shiela Sharif, and Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, and Pitt, Michael and Farhan Ab Rahman, (2018) Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges. Journal of Building Performance, 9 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/45
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description The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in the Implementation of Green Building (GB) Maintenance in Malaysia. Addressing all the challenges and issues in Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia efficiently and positively is very important to ensure the success of implementation and execution of the GB in Malaysia. Based on the literature, six (6) challenges have been identified as the major issues to the Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia such as 1) difficult to justify and manage GB maintenance contract; 2) difficult to relate the GB maintenance and GB rating tools and assessment; 3) difficult to justify life-cycle cost and wear and tear period for GB features, equipment, and innovations; 4) skilful and knowledgeable GB maintenance contractor; 5) maintenance budget allocation vs. return of investment for long-term saving; and 6) managing the client, end-user and stakeholder’s awareness about GB usage and maintenance. This paper hopes to initiate a new perspective in the smooth and effective implementation of GB Projects in Malaysia by mitigating the challenges and issues in implementing it.
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author Shiela Sharif,
Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman,
Pitt, Michael
Farhan Ab Rahman,
spellingShingle Shiela Sharif,
Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman,
Pitt, Michael
Farhan Ab Rahman,
Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
author_facet Shiela Sharif,
Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman,
Pitt, Michael
Farhan Ab Rahman,
author_sort Shiela Sharif,
title Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_short Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_fullStr Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_sort implementation of green building maintenance in malaysia: issues and challenges
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/1/45-42-PB.docx
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http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/45
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