A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building

Green building amount in Malaysia is still in small percentage compared to the other countries. Heritage buildings in one of the old buildings that preserved, carefully, but still not achieved sustainability because there are few factors that will become the barriers. This paper is to identify the p...

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Main Authors: Yasin, Mohd Norazam, Abdullah, Abdul Halid, Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman, Abdul Khalid, Hafizah, Wahab, Nur Shahirah Nadhilah
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Published: American Scientific Publishers 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5507/
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author Yasin, Mohd Norazam
Abdullah, Abdul Halid
Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman
Abdul Khalid, Hafizah
Wahab, Nur Shahirah Nadhilah
author_facet Yasin, Mohd Norazam
Abdullah, Abdul Halid
Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman
Abdul Khalid, Hafizah
Wahab, Nur Shahirah Nadhilah
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description Green building amount in Malaysia is still in small percentage compared to the other countries. Heritage buildings in one of the old buildings that preserved, carefully, but still not achieved sustainability because there are few factors that will become the barriers. This paper is to identify the potential and the barrier of retrofitting that Sultan Ibrahim building toward green building initiatives. All the information obtained is from the study of literature, distributing questionnaires, and preliminary interviews. The respondents were selected from green building experts, contractors, engineers, and Sultan Ibrahim Building’s staffs. The result of this study shows availability some components in Sultan Ibrahim Building that have potential retrofit and know how far the building availability for retrofit according to green building guideline. Moreover, there are some barriers had been analyzed may be happened during retrofitting Sultan Ibrahim building towards green building.
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spelling uthm-55072022-01-13T02:42:17Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5507/ A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building Yasin, Mohd Norazam Abdullah, Abdul Halid Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman Abdul Khalid, Hafizah Wahab, Nur Shahirah Nadhilah NA Architecture TH Building construction Green building amount in Malaysia is still in small percentage compared to the other countries. Heritage buildings in one of the old buildings that preserved, carefully, but still not achieved sustainability because there are few factors that will become the barriers. This paper is to identify the potential and the barrier of retrofitting that Sultan Ibrahim building toward green building initiatives. All the information obtained is from the study of literature, distributing questionnaires, and preliminary interviews. The respondents were selected from green building experts, contractors, engineers, and Sultan Ibrahim Building’s staffs. The result of this study shows availability some components in Sultan Ibrahim Building that have potential retrofit and know how far the building availability for retrofit according to green building guideline. Moreover, there are some barriers had been analyzed may be happened during retrofitting Sultan Ibrahim building towards green building. American Scientific Publishers 2018 Article PeerReviewed Yasin, Mohd Norazam and Abdullah, Abdul Halid and Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman and Abdul Khalid, Hafizah and Wahab, Nur Shahirah Nadhilah (2018) A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building. Advanced Science Letters, 24 (5). pp. 3213-3216. ISSN 1936-6612
spellingShingle NA Architecture
TH Building construction
Yasin, Mohd Norazam
Abdullah, Abdul Halid
Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman
Abdul Khalid, Hafizah
Wahab, Nur Shahirah Nadhilah
A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building
title A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building
title_full A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building
title_fullStr A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building
title_full_unstemmed A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building
title_short A study of potential retroffiting existing Sultan Ibrahim heritage building to green building
title_sort study of potential retroffiting existing sultan ibrahim heritage building to green building
topic NA Architecture
TH Building construction
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5507/