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Green Building Index (GBI) celebrates
sustainability milestone
GBI breached threshold of duly-certified gross floor area (GFA) of 150 million sq ft,
up 50% from the 100 million achieved in 2014.
ESTABLISHED IN 2009 by the Malaysian
Institute of Architects (PAM) and the
Association of Consulting Engineers
Malaysia (ACEM), the Green Building
Index (GBI) is a rating tool that aims,
primarily, to promote sustainability in
the built environment in support of the
Government’s vision for an eco-friendly
and green Malaysia. Collaterally, it serves to
raise awareness in the building construction
fraternity, namely, developers, architects,
engineers, planners, designers and
contractors, and the public at large about
environmental issues and our obligations to
future generations.
Since then, GBI has set about its task
of facilitating industry stakeholders in the
design and building of green sustainable
buildings, underpinned by efficient use
of water, energy and building materials
and minimal impact on the environment.
Building orientation, indoor air quality,
re-cycling and innovation are other
criteria under GBI’s purview for rating
and subsequent classification as Certified,
Silver, Gold or Platinum, with point scores
of 50 up to 86+.
GBI Today
Today, with a tally of more than 300 building
projects rated nationwide, there was cause
for celebration when GBI breached the
threshold of duly-certified gross floor area
(GFA) of 150 million sq ft (see table below),
FROM LEFT: Ir Ahmad Hadri, Tan Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui , Ar Dr Mohd Zulhemlee An and Ar Chan
Seong Aun.
up 50% from the 100 million achieved in 2014. Effectively, that makes it the first and largest
area to be certified by a green certification agency in Malaysia, thereby consolidating GBI’s
aspirations as the preferred standard in sustainability and the most widely-recognised in the
country’s built industry.
RATING CATEGORY
Category
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Platinum
Gold
Silver
Certified
NRNC
346
173
9
49
20
95
RNC
264
139
4
26
14
95
INC
18
9
-
1
2
6
NREB
17
12
1
1
2
8
IEB
3
3
-
1
-
2
T
17
7
1
1
2
3
Total (as of
15/02/2016)
667
343
15
79
40
209
Legend: NRNC
RNC
INC
NREB
Tan Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui (left) and Ar Dr
Mohd Zulhemlee An (right).
Registered
Final
Certification
after CVA*
Non-Residential New Construction
Residential New Construction
Industrial New Construction
Non=Residential Existing Building
IEB
T
CVA*
Industrial Existing Building
Township
Completion and Verification Assessment
To mark the occasion, GBI hosted a gala dinner that included a Green Building Index
Achievements Presentation by Ar Chan Seong Aun, Chairman of Green Building Index
Accreditation Panel. Highlights of the evening, officiated by Guest of Honour, YBhg Tan Sri
Peter Chin Fah Kui, Chairman of Malaysian Green Technology Corporation, were the Plaque
Signing, commemorating the event, and presentation of certificates to GBI-certified projects
for the period 2015/2016. Looking ahead, there is more to come as GBI set its sights on yet
another 50 million sq ft GFA of certified green buildings by year end. ■