Malaysian Carbon Reduction and Environmental Sustainability Tool (MyCREST)

The Malaysian Carbon Reduction and Environmental Sustainability Tool (MyCREST) is a tool that guides construction industry players and stakeholders to design, construct and operate buildings that integrate low carbon and sustainable practices. A building that subscribes to MyCREST will be given certification based on points achieved. MyCREST was developed by taking into account the whole building life cycle starting from pre-design up to demolition stage.

These criteria are then implemented according to three certification phases: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION & MAINTENANCE. Depending on each phase, the criteria are adjusted for different requirements and relevance according to that particular phase.

Kuala Lumpur Banjir Kilat Lagi 2013 - Flash Flood Kuala Lumpur 2013

KUALA LUMPUR – Hujan lebat selama sejam yang melanda Lembah Kelang sejak 5.30 petang, menyebabkan beberapa kawasan dilanda banjir kilat.

Antara kawasan yang terjejas termasuk Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Duta, Jalan Pudu, Jalan Cheras Lama, Jalan Chan Sow Lin dan Jalan Segambut.

Jurucakap Bilik Gerakan Bomba dan Penyelamat Kuala Lumpur berkata, hujanlebat dan banjir kilat itu menyebabkan keadaan trafik sekitar ibu negara sesakteruk di beberapa laluan utama.

“Antara jalan yang mengalami kesesakan teruk adalah Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Duta, Jalan Mahameru, Jalan Kuching dan Lebuhraya Persekutuan,” katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama.

Beliau berkata sehingga kini, terdapat satu laporan membabitkan pokok tumbang di pekarangan parkir Masjid Negara dan pihak bomba serta petugas Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur sedang mengalihkan pokok berkenaan.

Katanya, tiada laporan kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan dan pemantauan kini dilakukan di beberapa kawasan yang dilanda banjir kilat.

Jurucakap itu turut menasihatkan orang ramai agar mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga dan segera melaporkan kepada pasukan keselamatan jika kawasan rumah mereka dilanda banjir kilat. – BERNAMA

Go Green -Palestinian Children's Museum

Palestinian first-graders sit with their schoolbooks during class in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Feb. 4, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman)

In a land where space is limited, and public parks and gardens are few and far between, a Bethlehem-based mother of two is working on opening a museum for children — who comprise more than 40% of the Palestinian population — with a special focus on green living and sustainability.

Drawing inspiration from visits to children’s museums across the globe, Layla Kaiksow has a one-of-a-kind museum in mind for Palestinian children — one that can help them not only learn about sustainability and conservation, but also get them immersed in their culture away from the confines of the classroom.

“In Palestine, people are conscious of the environment in many ways, but in a lot of other ways they are not,” Kaiksow said. “Traditionally, Palestinians have not been a wasteful people, but as things ‘developed,’ trash became rampant and conservation isn’t exercised as it once was. We need to plant green ideas in children’s heads from the outset.”

GreenRE - a new green building and carbon rating tool by REHDA

In an effort to evaluate a building’s eco-friendly features, the Real Estate and Housing Development Association of Malaysia (REHDA) has unveiled the Green Real Estate (GreenRE), a green building and carbon rating tool.

Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water  Datuk Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui (far right) officiating the launch of GreenRE while Rehda president Datuk Seri Michael Yam and Tan look on.

Notably, GreenRE can gauge a project’s carbon emissions, water and energy efficiency, as well as indoor environmental quality. REHDA will also launch a residential version of the tool, said GreenRE’s Organising Chairperson Sam Tan, adding that commitments for pilot projects have already been received.

Malaysia - Banjir Kilat - Flash Flood at Selangor

Gambar : Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat 2013

Malaysia Is World Champion in Corruption

Washington 13/12/2012

Despite Malaysia's high-profile anti-corruption crusade, half of the corporate executives surveyed by a global corruption watchdog believe that competitors have obtained business in the country through bribery.

Transparency International said Malaysia scored worst in the 2012

Bribe Payers Survey.It asked nearly 3,000 executives from 30 countries whether they had lost a contract in the past year because competitors paid a bribe, and in Malaysia, 50% of them said 'yes'.
Second on the dubious honor roll was Mexico, which was at 48%.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Japan was ranked as the world's least-corrupt place to do business, with just 2% of respondents saying they had lost out due to bribery.

Malaysia's neighbour Singapore was second-cleanest, which was at 9%.

Even Indonesia, with a long-standing reputation for corruption, fared better than more-developed Malaysia.

By comparison, 27% of respondents in China said they thought bribes had cost them business, the report said.
"It shows the attitude of private companies in Malaysia, indicating that bribery in the public sector could be systemic and in a sense institutionalized," Paul Low, president of the Malaysian chapter of Transparency International, said.

How to choose Green Building Consultant in Malaysia

Criteria for green building consultant selection

There are many GB consultants in Malaysia market, which one should we choose? Current GBIf is nearly 600, and more new GB consultants are coming in market.

Selecting the right consultant or design team, regardless of project delivery method, is one of the most critical success factors in achieving a high performance green building and reaching green building rating.

Why building owner go for green building in Malaysia?
- requirement by authorities
- government incentives
- global trend, marketing , image
- environmental friendly, energy efficient building
- requirement by building operator or tenant



3 type of Green Building Consultant in Malaysia:-

Normal
- Just a Green Building consultant cum Green Building Coordinator , documents collector

Medium
- Capability in designing a green building , green building related calculation, simple simulation to meet GB requirement

Master
- capability on designing a high performance building, provided extensive calculation and simulation related to GB, ability in high performance and dynamic building simulation , ability to access various building design performance , interactive design process


The selection of the GB consultant will depend on:-
- cost / fee
- GB rating system and level
- getting the right consultant expertise and experience

Malaysia Local Green Building Rating System

There are many Green Rating System implemented in Malaysia, however currently, there are three Malaysia Local Green Building rating system:-

• Green Building Index  by Green Building Sdn Bhd 

• GreenPASS  by CIDB

• pHJKR ( Penarafan Hijau JKR)

Green PASS is founded on the principle that a model standard must address building performance beyond those captured by rating systems or other evaluation guides, and therefore, it shall be  usable,  adoptable and stringent in making it an effective system for the construction industry.

Green PASS is founded on the principle that a model standard must address building performance beyond those captured by rating systems or other evaluation guides, and therefore, it shall be  usable,  adoptable and stringent in making it an effective system for the construction industry.

GreenPASS - 
detail link

Green Performance Assessment System in Construction (abbreviated Green PASS) is designed to meet these needs through standard conformance that promote sustainable construction in an integrated manner with other Construction Industry Standard (CIS). It is an independent construction standard that assesses and rates the impact of building construction upon the environment.

Penarafan Hijau JKR (pHJKR)

Kriteria Perancangan & Pengurusan Tapak Lestari (TL), Kriteria Pengurusan Sumber & Bahan (SB), Kriteria Kecekapan Tenaga (KT), Kriteria Pengurusan Kualiti Persekitaran Dalaman (PD), Kriteria Pengurusan Kecekapan Penggunaan Air (PA), Kriteria Sustainble Site Planning and Management (SM), Kriteria Environment & Water (EW), Kriteria Access & Equity (AE), Kriteria Construction Activities (CA), Kriteria Material & Resourse (MR) dan Kriteria Pavement Technologies (PT).




GBI is private driven & initiative. The first local GB rating system.  Applied about the same style as LEED from US. According to GBI, they stated the 100 points rating earlier than LEED. More focus to Energy Efficient. 

pHJKR currently apply for JKR and government building. The rating system is about the same with LEED, GBI style.

GreenPASS - standardized all green requirements to CO2 unit. Support PM commitment to reduce 40% carbon emission by 2020. It is an innovation in green building rating system. CIDB have done a comprehensive research and presented for comment from the world GB specialists. 


GO GREEN Malaysia

IGEM 2012 Malaysia - Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station

An electric vehicle charging station, also called EV charging station, electric recharging point, charging point and EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), is an element in an infrastructure that supplies electric energy for the recharging of plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.

Currently the pricing still not yet finalized. However according to the suppliers , the price should be below than Rm15000. The current price in US and Japan is around RM3000

Panasonic Charging Station

Currently the pricing still not yet finalized. However according to the suppliers , the price should be below than Rm15000. The current price in US and Japan is around RM3000

Malaysia Product - Charging Station by EVMAL

IGEM 2012 - Malaysia Green Exhibition - Electric Vehicle

This year, the highlighted product are Electric Vehicles. An electric vehicle (EV), also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion. Currently the intensive offered by Malaysia Government to EV is same as Hybrid Vehicle.

Toyota PriusC

National Green Technology Policy: Transportationis one of the main emphasized sector as    it is the 2nd highest contributor in term of carbon emission.

EV Concept Car - Toyota - COMS ultra-compact electric vehicle

Nissan LEAF

"Greentech for Growth", the 3rd International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM 2012) >> 10 -13 October 2012 KLCC

Championing Green Growth ...

Globally, markets are witnessing an accelerated uptake of green technology and eco products. The enthusiasm of the populace is further complemented by the government's policies and regulations, such as the Feed in Tariff scheme (FiT) which is managed by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA), a statutory body under the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA). Businesses must manifest the intelligent alignment to harness the many green opportunities arising from the various policies and public demand. To this end, the IGEM series will be making every effort to advance, commercialize and grow green technology, eco products and services within domestic shores and beyond.

Themed "Greentech for Growth", the 3rd International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM2012) aims to help push the rapid adoption of green technology to deliver a double impact of sustainable economic growth as well as to address the environmental and energy security issues.

Having achieved its foothold as the largest green exhibition in the region, IGEM2012 will continue its pursuit to gather like-minded industry players and professionals from various sectors, public and private, big and small, local and foreign, new as well as established, to explore and seize the opportunities from the exciting and emerging green market in the country and the region.

To spur on fast track growth of Green Technology for sustainable consumption and production, IGEM2012 brings the dynamism of renewable energy, energy efficiency and green transportation for adoption and start-ups, while providing an essential platform to launch, feature and showcase innovative eco-products, green technologies and services. It is indeed a must-attend event for green product buyers and sellers to interact, transact and forge new partnerships and cross border collaboration.

This four-day event is expected to draw on more than 600 booths with exhibitors from around the world with over 60,000 visitors. Don’t miss out on the green opportunities and register your participation now.

Objective

Based on the desire to promote and commercialize green technology for growth, the objectives of IGEM2012 are:

• To create awareness amongst consumers and industry players on the importance of Green Technology and Eco Products for sustainable consumption and production;
• To generate commercial opportunities for industry players in Green Technology and Eco Products for sustainable consumption and production to improve eco-efficiency for economic growth;
• To promote green purchasing or procurement and greening the supply chain in addressing environmental issues, including the reduction of CO2 emission;
• To showcase latest innovative and creative Green Technology and services, eco-products and initiatives;
• To facilitate in the establishment of green standards, certification and legislation;
• To encourage partnerships in Green Technology, eco-design and eco-materials for achieving international competitiveness and green growth;
• To foster the development of eco-prenuership and green economy; and
• To promote Malaysia as a regional green economic hub for Green Technology, Eco Products and services.

What if everything ran on gas/ Fuel Powered Machine?

What if everything ran on gas? Then again, what if everything didn't? 

230% energy efficient LEDs - Seem to violate first law of thermodynamics

Physicists hell-bent on destroying the universe have come up with a tiny LED that produces 69 Pico watts of light while using just 30 Pico watts of power. That’s an efficiency of above 100%, which should be impossible, but isn’t. And in other breaking news, up is down; black is white and zebras looking the same.

Last week, physicists from MIT published a paper in Physical Review Letters entitled “Thermoelectrically Pumped Light-Emitting Diodes Operating above Unity Efficiency.” My guess is that most physicists cringe a little bit when they see the phrase “above unity,” because that’s another way of saying either “perpetual motion machine” or “free energy,” both of which are likely to get you branded as either an eccentric (if you’re lucky) or a total crackpot (if you’re not).

Over-unity machines may be impossible, but the LED in this paper definitely put out more than twice as much energy in the form of photons as the researchers fed it in the form of electrons. They found that as they decreased the electrical voltage that went into the LED, the emitted light decreased by a direct proportion, while the input power decreased exponentially. In other words, the less power you put into an LED, the more efficient it gets at producing light, and if you decrease the power enough, you can blow right past the 100% efficiency mark.

So, how does this not totally and completely invalidate the conservation of energy? We have to look at how energy flows through the entire system, not just at the electricity in and light out. When the LED gets more than 100% electrically efficient, it starts to cool itself down, which is another way of saying that it’s stealing energy (in the form of heat) from its environment and converting that heat into those over-unity photons.

This cooling effect has some interesting implications for low-power electronics, but most importantly, we can all rest just a little bit easier knowing that the basic physical rules that frame our perception of the universe have survived for one more day.

COMPULSARY RATING..Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) will soon introduce a Green PASS rating to contractors and developers in the country.

COMPULSARY RATING..Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) will soon introduce a Green PASS rating to contractors and developers in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR - Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) will soon introduce a Green PASS rating to contractors and developers in the country.

 

"Green PASS is an assessment that measures the actual impact of the quantity of greenhouse gas (GHG) by released by building to the environment.

"This evaluation will be done in two phases: construction phase and operational phase of the building.

"For the construction phase it contains five elements, namely assessment of the construction site, building materials, energy, water and waste.

"As for the operational phase of building the three elements that are assessed include building indoor environmental quality (IEQ), energy and water," she said.

Esmaria said this when presenting a paperwork on Green Pass evaluation to over 80 leading local construction industry in the capital recently.

However, she said, for the Green PASS evaluation in the construction phase, the evaluation can only be done once while in the building operation phase, the assessment will be done after the building is completed and occupied by at least 70 percent of the residents.

"Green PASS Rating will be the yardstick used to measure the ability of contractors to produce quality construction," she told the National Construction Portal, 1BINA.my.

It is learned that the database of Green PASS evaluation is borrowed from the United Kingdom which acts as a baseline to measure the conservation of buildings that is under construction or already completed.

Even so, Emasria says that Malaysia will build its own database as it is a dynamic data collection and not rigid.

"For example, if the study found that current energy consumption baseline is 100 kilowatt per meter and found the building in Green PASS assessment process uses only 70 kilowatts per meter which is a saving of 30 percent sure this data will be stored as a reference at any time.

"This is because the saving was calculated using carbon calculator and will be monitored from time to time for record and reference," she said.

Emasria also added that, in that particular case, contractors and developers are eligible for a diamond bonus in scoring if they uses Quality Assessment System in Construction (QLASSIC) and Safety and Health Assessment System in Construction (SHASSIC) for their construction projects.

In the meantime, CIDB previously issued the Construction Industry Standard CIS 19:2012 Draft and requested the public to provide feedback on the Green Performance Assessment System in Construction (Green PASS) draft.

 By July, CIDB will work with the Malaysian Green Tech Corporation (MGTC) and several government agencies to test the effectiveness of the Green PASS assessment to construction projects in Malaysia through a pilot project that has been agreed.

Report of the National Construction Portal, 1BINA on Green PASS can be found in http://www.1bina.my/blog/2011/12/01/konsep-bangunan-hijau-sahut-polisi-kerajaan and http://1bina.my/ blog/2012/01/16/draf-cis-19-2012-untuk-komen-umum

-- 1BINA.my

Fusion Power - Fusion For Energy

Fusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion processes. In fusion reactions two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus (in contrast with fission power). In doing so they release a comparatively large amount of energy arising from the binding energy due to the strong nuclear force which is manifested as an increase intemperature of the reactants. Fusion power is a primary area of research in plasma physics.

The term is commonly used to refer to potential commercial production of net usable power from a fusion source, similar to the usage of the term "steam power." The leading designs for controlled fusion research use magnetic (tokamak design) or inertial (laser) confinement of a plasma, with heat from the fusion reactions used to operate a steam turbine which in turn drives electrical generators, similar to the process used in fossil fuel and nuclear fission power stations.

Despite being technically non-renewable, fusion power has many of the benefits of renewable energy sources (such as being a long-term energy supply and emitting no greenhouse gases) as well as some of the benefits of the resource-limited energy sources as hydrocarbons and nuclear fission (without reprocessing). Like these currently dominant energy sources, fusion could provide very high power-generation density and uninterrupted power delivery (due to the fact that it is not dependent on the weather, unlike wind and solar power).

Green Building Rating : Energy Efficiency for Data Center - Power usage effectiveness (PUE)

The main different for green data center compare to others is the use of  PUE. Below is the detail about PUE.

Power usage effectiveness (PUE) is a measure of how efficiently a computer data center uses its power; specifically, how much of the power is actually used by the computing equipment (in contrast to cooling and other overhead).

PUE is the ratio of total amount of power used by a computer data center facility to the power delivered to computing equipment.

An ideal PUE is 1.0. Anything that isn't considered a computing device in a data center (i.e. lighting, cooling, etc.) falls into the category of facility power usage.

Which should we use for GBI NRNC : Data Center?

Use BEI or PUE if either building or data centre proper energy use constitutes more than 75% of the total energy use. (If building more than 75% - BEI, if Data center more than 75%-PUE, )

Otherwise (both less than 75%), calculate both BEI and PUE with the lower point score applicable .

PUE equal to 1 is an ideal case.  Average data center design, the PUE = 2.

PUE=1.5 is consider efficient and PUE =1.2 is normally consider very efficient.

Below is some survey for several data center. There is no data center can achieve PUE 1, the highest is only PUE = 1.2.( most green building rated is as highly efficient data center).

Malaysia Government Incentives - Energy Efficiency incentives expired 2010 and Green Building certified expired Dec 2014

Malaysia Government Incentives

Energy Efficiency incentives expired on 2010 and Green Building certified will be expired on December 2014.

Please click the link for the detail link

Persediaan jika di landa Tsunami - Credit kepada Thailand

Gempa Bumi di Acheh 11 April 2012, Malaysia dijangka dilanda Tsunami. Sediakan apa yang patut ....

Honda City biase je kat sana

Shading Devices for Energy Efficiency

GENERAL TYPES OF SHADING DEVICES:

The basic types of exterior shading devices can be identified as HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL OR EGGCRATE.

Horizontal shading devices are suited to southern exposures. Roof overhangs can also easily be used to shade southern exposures on low rise buildings. This is perhaps the most economical and potentially aesthetically pleasing solution for building applications.

Basic Typology of Horizontal Shading Devices for Southern Exposures

Where sun is hitting the facade from a south-easterly or south-westerly direction, vertical devices can effectively block the sun. Eggcrates are often used on non true south facing elevations as well.

Shading Devices for Non Southern Exposures

The general configuration of the building can also be modified to alter the orientation of windows for heat avoidance.

Various Planimetric Configurations of Non South Facing Shading Devices

For reasons of both heat avoidance and economy, it is often best to "gang" the south facing shading devices. In order to obtain shading in the late morning and early afternoon when the sun is not at its high point, the shading device should be extended either side of the window opening.

Elevation of Shading Device Configurations for South Facing Facades