Review on indoor environmental quality parameters towards healthier green buildings in Malaysia / Fadhilah Che Aziz and Md. Yusof Hamid

This paper presents the review of indoor environmental quality parameters in various guidelines and green rating tools namely; Guidelines on Indoor Environmental Quality for Government Office, Guideline for Performance Evaluation and Office Building‟s Rating, Green Building Index (GBI), Green Real Estate (GreenRE), Green Mark and Building Research Establishment Environment Assessment Method(BREEAM). The review process was done by comparing theparameters existing in these guidelines and green rating tools. Further review has been done on the selected green rating tools across several green policies on indoor environmental quality. Standard references for the parameters isalso identified. Previous studies that have been conducted regarding indoor environmental quality level in several buildings are also been reviewed.With the insights drawn from the comparative review, suggestions on ways to improve indoor environmental quality parameters and assessments are made that may facilitate its implementation. The outcome of the study provides a deep understanding in indoor environment quality parameters and assessments. With the outcome of this study, it may helpsinimprovingassessment in indoor environmental qualitytowards healthier green buildings in Malaysia

Reviewon Malaysia’s GreenRE in comparison with Singapore’s GreenMark and UK’s BREEAM / Halmi Zainol ... [et al.]

The movement of green building was started after the Agenda21. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction highlighted the main challenges that sustainable development presents to the construction industry. The Agenda had an important role in the creation of green assessment tools in building industry. An international project coordinated from Canada namely GB Tool (Green Building Tool) was the first attempt to develop green rating tool. The awareness has emerged the implementation of various rating tools such as LEED, CASBEE, BREEAM and GreenMark developed by the United States of America, Japan, United Kingdom and Singapore respectively. Many rating systems can be developed in different regions that lookquite different, but share a common methodology and set of terms. In Malaysia, a new set of rating tool was developed by the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA) known as GreenRE. This paper reviews the GreenRE and compare it with GreenMark and BREEAM. Since the latter were more established, this paper will study strengths, weaknesses, gaps and issue within the GreenRE. With the outcome of this study, it may help both the authority and industry-players to prepare a comprehensive assessment tool that suit to local practice