Benefits for public healthcare buildings towards Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs): initial reviews
NZEBs concept has received incrementing attention especially since European Union Parliament are progressively moving towards regulation in which all new buildings to be “nearly Zero-Energy” Buildings by 2020. Even though this concept delivers promising benefits, previous studies found that the b...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/810/1/P11604_cd41c26a3d6aeb25fd9e43fdab51adf8.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/810/ https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/713/1/012042 |
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| Summary: | NZEBs concept has received incrementing attention especially since European
Union Parliament are progressively moving towards regulation in which all new buildings to
be “nearly Zero-Energy” Buildings by 2020. Even though this concept delivers promising
benefits, previous studies found that the benefit of NZEB is still in vague to the Malaysian
construction industry, mostly for healthcare buildings. The NZEBs concept implementation is
critical in healthcare building as it seen as a key part of the needed transition towards
sustainable development. This paper aims to define benefits of NZEBs practices through initial
investigation among architects. Several existing energies works of literature and pilot studies
by using semi-structured interviews were conducted. The findings divulge that, although the
term ‘NZEBs design strategies’ is not being used largely across construction industry in
Malaysia, some sustainable practices related to the design stage of construction has been
implemented. The findings are also promising in growing awareness, practices and
implementation of NZEBs design strategies by the practitioner in Malaysia. It is foreseen that
the paper will provide a straightforward knowledge for future research in NZEBs design
strategies practices for healthcare buildings construction in Malaysia. |
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