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A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor

Sustainable housing brings an innovation in Malaysia housing industry scene. The trend has witnessed a surge in the demand for this offering by house buyers which in return has encouraged housing developers to incorporate it's features in their products. The features offered by the housing deve...

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Main Authors: Kamaruddin, Tantish, Adul Hamid, R., Rohaizam, N. A. S.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2020
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NA Architecture
TH Building construction
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91822/1/TantishKamaruddin2020_ASituationalStudyonSustainableHousingFeatures.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91822/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/849/1/012037
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spelling my.utm.918222021-07-28T08:47:52Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91822/ A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor Kamaruddin, Tantish Adul Hamid, R. Rohaizam, N. A. S. NA Architecture TH Building construction Sustainable housing brings an innovation in Malaysia housing industry scene. The trend has witnessed a surge in the demand for this offering by house buyers which in return has encouraged housing developers to incorporate it's features in their products. The features offered by the housing developers varies while customers are encouraged by the noble causes that their purchased will make. As demand for the products increase, errant and irresponsible developers are unreasonably taking the advantage by charging exorbitantly for the product that they market. In this instance, the words "Eco" and "Green" have been used as the gimmick for marketing purposes while there are no evidences that show whether the features have been truly incorporated in the housing products sold to the customers. The situation thus called for a situational study to be carried out, which aim to clarify the situation happening in the housing industry. Accordingly, the objectives of the study are: (1) To identify the sustainable housing features provided by developers to the buyers; and (2) To identify the house occupant's satisfaction with the sustainable features available to them. The research is an exploratory research which seeks to provide data in respond to the situation facing the industry. Therefore, both quantitative and qualitative research strategies will be employed by way of a checklist together with a satisfaction survey focusing on housing projects in Johor. Data for the study will be analyzed by employing descriptive analysis as well as thematic coding analysis. A comprehensive discussion will be offered as the possible outcome of the study. This includes the contentment of house buyers towards the sustainable features that are offered by housing developer and how it can be classified as sustainable housing in virtue of the three pillars of sustainable development. 2020-05-29 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91822/1/TantishKamaruddin2020_ASituationalStudyonSustainableHousingFeatures.pdf Kamaruddin, Tantish and Adul Hamid, R. and Rohaizam, N. A. S. (2020) A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor. In: 4th International Conference on Construction and Building Engineering and 12th Regional Conference in Civil Engineering, ICONBUILD and RCCE 2019, 20 August 2019 - 22 August 2019, Adya Hotel, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/849/1/012037
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language English
topic NA Architecture
TH Building construction
spellingShingle NA Architecture
TH Building construction
Kamaruddin, Tantish
Adul Hamid, R.
Rohaizam, N. A. S.
A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor
description Sustainable housing brings an innovation in Malaysia housing industry scene. The trend has witnessed a surge in the demand for this offering by house buyers which in return has encouraged housing developers to incorporate it's features in their products. The features offered by the housing developers varies while customers are encouraged by the noble causes that their purchased will make. As demand for the products increase, errant and irresponsible developers are unreasonably taking the advantage by charging exorbitantly for the product that they market. In this instance, the words "Eco" and "Green" have been used as the gimmick for marketing purposes while there are no evidences that show whether the features have been truly incorporated in the housing products sold to the customers. The situation thus called for a situational study to be carried out, which aim to clarify the situation happening in the housing industry. Accordingly, the objectives of the study are: (1) To identify the sustainable housing features provided by developers to the buyers; and (2) To identify the house occupant's satisfaction with the sustainable features available to them. The research is an exploratory research which seeks to provide data in respond to the situation facing the industry. Therefore, both quantitative and qualitative research strategies will be employed by way of a checklist together with a satisfaction survey focusing on housing projects in Johor. Data for the study will be analyzed by employing descriptive analysis as well as thematic coding analysis. A comprehensive discussion will be offered as the possible outcome of the study. This includes the contentment of house buyers towards the sustainable features that are offered by housing developer and how it can be classified as sustainable housing in virtue of the three pillars of sustainable development.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Kamaruddin, Tantish
Adul Hamid, R.
Rohaizam, N. A. S.
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Adul Hamid, R.
Rohaizam, N. A. S.
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title A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor
title_short A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor
title_full A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor
title_fullStr A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor
title_full_unstemmed A situational study on sustainable housing features in Johor
title_sort situational study on sustainable housing features in johor
publishDate 2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/849/1/012037
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