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A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia

Sustainable and green construction is the manner of using processes and erecting buildings that are resource efficient and environmentally responsible.Sustainable and green construction brings uncountable benefits to the social, environmental and economic sectors.This type of construction approach s...

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Main Authors: Chuah, Suat Ling, Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TH Building construction
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/22586/1/STML%E2%80%93Go%20Green%202016%20100%20109.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.225862017-07-11T01:02:53Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/22586/ A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia Chuah, Suat Ling Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TH Building construction Sustainable and green construction is the manner of using processes and erecting buildings that are resource efficient and environmentally responsible.Sustainable and green construction brings uncountable benefits to the social, environmental and economic sectors.This type of construction approach should be taken seriously as the twenty four percent of total carbon dioxide is produced from the construction industry in this country. The level of awareness of sustainable and green practices in construction projects in Malaysia is still unsatisfactory.Even though it is increasing, the response and progress rate should be made higher to meet the global standard. To investigate the degree of appreciation, a general interview guide approach with qualitative analysis is utilized as it allows the collection of general information from the interviewees.The aim of this research is to promote a sustainable environment in the construction proximity.Therefore, the objective of this paper is to investigate the level of commitment contractors in the northern part of Malaysia have, with regards to sustainable and green construction practices. The level of collaboration between the government and private sector will also be investigated. It is found that less than one percent of construction projects in Malaysia are certified as green and sustainable. It is therefore recommended that in future researches, a broader spectrum of respondents should be investigated. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/22586/1/STML%E2%80%93Go%20Green%202016%20100%20109.pdf Chuah, Suat Ling and Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni (2017) A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia. In: Symposium on Technology Management & Logistics (STML–Go Green) 2016, 6th - 7th December 2016, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia. http://stmlportal.net/stmlgogreen2016/pdf/p100.pdf
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TH Building construction
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TH Building construction
Chuah, Suat Ling
Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni
A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia
description Sustainable and green construction is the manner of using processes and erecting buildings that are resource efficient and environmentally responsible.Sustainable and green construction brings uncountable benefits to the social, environmental and economic sectors.This type of construction approach should be taken seriously as the twenty four percent of total carbon dioxide is produced from the construction industry in this country. The level of awareness of sustainable and green practices in construction projects in Malaysia is still unsatisfactory.Even though it is increasing, the response and progress rate should be made higher to meet the global standard. To investigate the degree of appreciation, a general interview guide approach with qualitative analysis is utilized as it allows the collection of general information from the interviewees.The aim of this research is to promote a sustainable environment in the construction proximity.Therefore, the objective of this paper is to investigate the level of commitment contractors in the northern part of Malaysia have, with regards to sustainable and green construction practices. The level of collaboration between the government and private sector will also be investigated. It is found that less than one percent of construction projects in Malaysia are certified as green and sustainable. It is therefore recommended that in future researches, a broader spectrum of respondents should be investigated.
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author Chuah, Suat Ling
Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni
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Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni
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title A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia
title_short A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia
title_full A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia
title_fullStr A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in Malaysia
title_sort review sustainable and green construction awareness among contractors in malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/22586/1/STML%E2%80%93Go%20Green%202016%20100%20109.pdf
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