Gbi Building In Malaysia
In 2010 perdana putra was refurbished with efficient technology that reduced the building s energy intensity by 38 percent its water usage by 40 percent and its co2 emissions by 30 percent.
Gbi building in malaysia. Malaysia s green building index was incorporated in february 2009 as a wholly owned subsidiary of pertubuhan arkitek malaysia and the association of consulting engineers malaysia acem to administrate gbi accreditation and training of gbi facilitators and certifiers. It is also malaysia s first completed green rated office building. Ppm 038 14 17042009 common ground mid valley cgmv bo 1 c level 19 menara 2 no 3 jalan bangsar kl eco city 59200 kuala lumpur. Boon said the gbi assessment criteria for residential would be launched by the second quarter of this year.
The green building index gbi is malaysia s industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness among developers architects engineers planners designers contractors and the public about environmental issues and our responsibility to the future generations. Gbi is designed specifically for malaysia s tropical climate keeping in mind the social infrastructural and economic development in malaysian context and at the same time incorporating high priority global challenges. Malaysian construction industry has taken a big leap towards the green movement by launching its own green building index gbi in 2009. 6017 8510 700 email.
The geo building is a pilot project it is the only such building in malaysia that integrates the energy efficiency. Shortly following gbi s inception was a renovation of perdana putra the iconic building housing the offices of malaysia s prime minister. Well first off the term gbi stands for green building index an environmental rating system for buildings. A list of green buildings in malaysia as published and certified by the green building index.
Malaysia s first green building index gbi certified building. He sees it as a very important milestone with over 50 million sq ft of gross floor area of buildings in malaysia certified by the gbi rating tools which is equivalent to 198 776 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission reduction. The green building index gbi is malaysia s industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment and raise awareness among developers architects engineers planners designers contractors and the public about.