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CIDB - REHDA pen Memorandum of Collaboration to promote sustainable practices
Joint initiative to mobilise MyCREST and GreenRE rating tools to reduce carbon footprint and environmental impact of development .
IT IS ANOTHER notch in scaling up for a greener Malaysia as the Construction Industry Development Board ( CIDB ) and Real Estate and Housing Developers Association ( REHDA ) penned a Memorandum of Collaboration ( MoC ) to pool resources for the unified cause of sustainability and green building . Aimed at ‘ increased compliance to sustainability … and sustainable practices among industry players ’, the joint initiative will mobilise special-purpose vehicles within the two organisations , namely , MyCrest and GreenRE , assessment / rating tools for carbon reduction and green building , respectively .
Government ’ s Goal ‘ Environmental sustainability is a key thrust of the five-year Construction Industry Transformation Plan ( 2016- 2020 )’, reiterated Guest of Honour , Deputy Minister of Works Malaysia , YB Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashin Shirlin , citing the Government ’ s goal that ‘ 100 % of large infrastructural and building projects be rated ’ and , better yet , ‘ exceed the stringent ( rating ) requirements .’ In testimony to this tack , the Public Works Department ( JKR ) has recently warranted that all public projects (> RM100 million ) be subject to MyCREST rating , cases in point , the Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi , Perak and Hulu Terengganu Polytechnic .
REHDA Response Walking the talk , as it were , REHDA ’ s commitment to and support for MyCREST is manifest in a pledge by its members nationwide for 20 of their projects to subscribe to and participate in a pilot assessment programme . A random sample of these include projects such as , ‘ Amari Johor Bahru ’ ( Exquisite Mode Sdn Bhd ), ‘ Bay 21 , Kota Kinabalu ’ ( Remajaya Sdn Bhd ) and ‘ Oasis Business Centre , Seremban ’ ( Grand Infinite Development Sdn Bhd ). In paving the way for a greener construction in Malaysia , the collaboration exercise
Momentous Partnership : Witnessed by Deputy Minister of Works , Malaysia Datuk Rosnah Haji Abdul Rashid Shirlin ( centre ), Chief Executive of CIDB Malaysia Ir Ahmad ‘ Asri Abdul Hamid ( third from left ) and Deputy President of REHDA Malaysia Dato ’ Ir Soam Heng Choon ( third from right ) exchanged the signed MoC that formalised the partnership between the two organisations .
includes other promotional activities such as sharing of knowledge and expertise through seminars and workshops , research and development , as well as training and accreditation of MyCREST and GreenRE managers and / or facilitators .
MyCREST and GreenRE MyCREST ( Malaysian Carbon Reduction & Environmental Sustainable Tool ), under the CIDB umbrella , is a rating system or tool which aims to quantify , reduce impact of the built environment insofar as carbon emissions and environmental implications while ‘ integrating socio-economic considerations relating to the built environment and urban development .’ In a holistic approach , for the three main phases of design , construction and operation and maintenance , the 11 criteria to be met before a project is scored ( one- to five-star ) and certified , are :
• pre-design ( PD )
• infrastructure and sequestration ( IS )
• energy performance impact ( EP )
• occupant and Health ( OH )
• lowering embodied carbon ( EC )
• water efficiency factors ( WE )
• social and cultural sustainability ( SC )
• demolition and disposal factor ( DP )
• sustainable and carbon initiatives ( IN )
• waste management and reduction ( WM ), and
• sustainable facility management ( FM ).
Developed by REHDA in collaboration with the public and private sectors , GreenRE is an in-house green rating standard tailored to encourage building professionals in the construction industry to ‘ design and build green sustainable buildings in a more integrated manner .’ Amongst others , its aims are to encourage the adoption of green practices in building , to reduce the environmental impact of development and to promote the efficient use of resources , i . e ., energy , water and other building materials . ■
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