TOPIC #1 : GREEN BUILDING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
ABOUT THE SPEAKER :
Ir HP Looi is a professional engineer (electrical, graduate 1979) and holds a license as a “Gas Engineer” with the
“Energy Commission. He is a practicing engineer with more than 30 years standing and has been involved as a
consultant engineer in a wide range of projects; from the small bangalo house to large townships development and
to mega-projects such as infrastructure development, industrial complex and power stations. He currently specialises
in plant design.
Ir. HP Looi is also active in the engineering community and has presented numerous papers in national and international
forum.
He is currently active in the following capacity:
- Professional Practice Chairman (ACEM);
- Chair; electrical paper committee. Professional Competency Exam ACEM-BEM
- Panel member of GBI Accreditation Panel (GBIAP)
- Founding member Malaysian Green Building Confederation
- Technical committees such as:
- Member of ISC-E1 (industry Standard Committee – Electrotechnical 1)
- Member TC10 (wiring installation)
- Member MS1525 revision 2007
- Member National MyIECEx (international Certification for Explosion Proof)
- Many others TC and WG etc.
SYNOPSIS :
Current trend towards sustainability and “green” is a natural progression of human-intellectual discourse since the end of WWII. It
is also a reaction towards the (perceived) age of the “military-industrial complex’ and the ‘ascendency of the corporate entity over
the nation-state.
A grand survey of rating sustainability and green for buildings and the built environment is presented by the following discussions:
- Methodology for green rating
- A survey of BREEAM, LEEDS, Green Mark and GBI,
- Green rating for the built-environment (a coming major trend-line)
This presentation concludes with a discussion on the proposed semaphore:
MARKET CHANGING GROUND RULES ENGENDERED BY THE “GREEN-REVOLUTION’ – ARE YOU PREPARED?
TOPIC #2 : SUSTAINABILTY - COST OR VALUE?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER :
Ir. Thirukumaran Jallendran is a Project Manager with Bovis Lend Lease Malaysia. He is also involved in all sustainability initiatives undertaken by the Malaysian office and plays an active role in all projects pursuing sustainability in the built design.
Ir. Thirukumaran Jallendran holds a Bachelors degree (2nd Class Upper with Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of Science, Malaysia.
He is a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia and a Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia. He is also a Founding Member of the Malaysia Green Building Confederation (MGBC) and sits in the PAM/ACEM/LAM Joint Sustainability Committee responsible for the development of the Green Building Index Malaysia. He is currently one of the trainers for the GBI Facilitator Training programme and is involved in the various initiatives pursued by the PAM/ACEM/LAM Sustainability Committee. He is also the Co-Chairman of the Membership Committee in the MGBC.
Bovis Lend Lease (BLL) is one of the world’s leading project management and construction companies operating in more than 30 countries worldwide and employing over 8,000 people. Using industry best practices, BLL works with clients to create high quality, sustainable property assets and are committed to operating Incident & Injury Free wherever it has a presence. Bovis Lend Lease is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, Lend Lease is one of the largest international integrated property companies.
SYNOPSIS :
Sustainability in the construction and building sector is best achieved by actively pursuing a holistic approach that strives to strike a balance between the environment and the economy whilst maintaining a healthy consideration for the social needs of humanity.,/p>
We cannot look at the elements of sustainability in isolation and nor is it sustainable to deliver green solutions that do not make economic sense. However, our ability to merge the economic and environmental pillars of sustainability can be limited by the structure of the property value chain, in part due to the industry’s myopic focus on cost.
Apart from future proofing, keeping funds competitive, attracting higher yields and reducing cost, sustainability also enhances a company’s intangible assets such as brand image and appeal to customers as well as employees, hence enhancing its intrinsic value many fold. It is pertinent to note that cost is only one component of the value equation.
By focusing on operational improvement (especially reducing energy and water consumption), understanding how the building is operated, asking simple ‘why’ questions and by not just accepting entrenched norms, the sustainability philosophy can truly be incorporated into the building design, its construction and its operation.
Where the enhanced value of green buildings can be demonstrated, the demand for green will escalate and market barriers will shift to accommodate this.
