Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in the Implementation of Green Building (GB) Maintenance in Malaysia. Addressing all the challenges and issues in Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia efficiently and positively is very important to ensure the success of im...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Shiela Sharif, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Pitt, Michael, Farhan Ab Rahman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/1/45-42-PB.docx

id	ukm-13652
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-136522019-11-21T21:19:11Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/ Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges Shiela Sharif, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Pitt, Michael Farhan Ab Rahman, The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in the Implementation of Green Building (GB) Maintenance in Malaysia. Addressing all the challenges and issues in Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia efficiently and positively is very important to ensure the success of implementation and execution of the GB in Malaysia. Based on the literature, six (6) challenges have been identified as the major issues to the Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia such as 1) difficult to justify and manage GB maintenance contract; 2) difficult to relate the GB maintenance and GB rating tools and assessment; 3) difficult to justify life-cycle cost and wear and tear period for GB features, equipment, and innovations; 4) skilful and knowledgeable GB maintenance contractor; 5) maintenance budget allocation vs. return of investment for long-term saving; and 6) managing the client, end-user and stakeholder’s awareness about GB usage and maintenance. This paper hopes to initiate a new perspective in the smooth and effective implementation of GB Projects in Malaysia by mitigating the challenges and issues in implementing it. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/msword en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/1/45-42-PB.docx Shiela Sharif, and Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, and Pitt, Michael and Farhan Ab Rahman, (2018) Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges. Journal of Building Performance, 9 (2). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/45
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and challenges in the Implementation of Green Building (GB) Maintenance in Malaysia. Addressing all the challenges and issues in Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia efficiently and positively is very important to ensure the success of implementation and execution of the GB in Malaysia. Based on the literature, six (6) challenges have been identified as the major issues to the Implementation of GB Maintenance in Malaysia such as 1) difficult to justify and manage GB maintenance contract; 2) difficult to relate the GB maintenance and GB rating tools and assessment; 3) difficult to justify life-cycle cost and wear and tear period for GB features, equipment, and innovations; 4) skilful and knowledgeable GB maintenance contractor; 5) maintenance budget allocation vs. return of investment for long-term saving; and 6) managing the client, end-user and stakeholder’s awareness about GB usage and maintenance. This paper hopes to initiate a new perspective in the smooth and effective implementation of GB Projects in Malaysia by mitigating the challenges and issues in implementing it.
format	Article
author	Shiela Sharif, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Pitt, Michael Farhan Ab Rahman,
spellingShingle	Shiela Sharif, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Pitt, Michael Farhan Ab Rahman, Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
author_facet	Shiela Sharif, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Pitt, Michael Farhan Ab Rahman,
author_sort	Shiela Sharif,
title	Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_short	Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full	Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_fullStr	Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_sort	implementation of green building maintenance in malaysia: issues and challenges
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13652/1/45-42-PB.docx
first_indexed	2023-09-18T20:05:20Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T20:05:20Z
_version_	1777407120268853248

Implementation of green building maintenance in Malaysia: issues and challenges

Similar Items