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Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison

Sustainable building standards differ around the world due to differing development philosophies and local idiosyncrasies, hindering international comparative studies. In this study, the CASBEE standard used in Japan and the GBI used in Malaysia are compared. Using CASBEE as a baseline, items in eac...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Amir, Ahmad Syahid, Tareq, Mohammad Ali
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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TH Building construction
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61388/1/JamaroslizaJamaluddin2015_ApplestoOrangesHarmonisingHomeBuyerPreferences.pdf
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spelling my.utm.613882017-08-21T08:25:24Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61388/ Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison Mohd. Amir, Ahmad Syahid Tareq, Mohammad Ali TH Building construction Sustainable building standards differ around the world due to differing development philosophies and local idiosyncrasies, hindering international comparative studies. In this study, the CASBEE standard used in Japan and the GBI used in Malaysia are compared. Using CASBEE as a baseline, items in each standard are matched, compared, and then filtered to only include those affecting end users. Differing levels in these items in both sustainable building standards are matched and are included in a survey of home buyer preferences. This allows for a single survey to be used to study sustainable housing preferences in both Japan and Malaysia. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61388/1/JamaroslizaJamaluddin2015_ApplestoOrangesHarmonisingHomeBuyerPreferences.pdf Mohd. Amir, Ahmad Syahid and Tareq, Mohammad Ali (2015) Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison. In: International Conference on Sustainability Initiatives (ICSI) 2015 in Conjunction With 8th Asean Environmental Engineering Conference (AEEC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-25 August 2015, 24-25 Aug, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Mohd. Amir, Ahmad Syahid
Tareq, Mohammad Ali
Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison
description Sustainable building standards differ around the world due to differing development philosophies and local idiosyncrasies, hindering international comparative studies. In this study, the CASBEE standard used in Japan and the GBI used in Malaysia are compared. Using CASBEE as a baseline, items in each standard are matched, compared, and then filtered to only include those affecting end users. Differing levels in these items in both sustainable building standards are matched and are included in a survey of home buyer preferences. This allows for a single survey to be used to study sustainable housing preferences in both Japan and Malaysia.
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author Mohd. Amir, Ahmad Syahid
Tareq, Mohammad Ali
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Tareq, Mohammad Ali
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title Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison
title_short Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison
title_full Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison
title_fullStr Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison
title_full_unstemmed Apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in Japan and Malaysia through standards comparison
title_sort apples to oranges: harmonising home buyer preferences in japan and malaysia through standards comparison
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61388/1/JamaroslizaJamaluddin2015_ApplestoOrangesHarmonisingHomeBuyerPreferences.pdf
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