Building energy for sustainable development in Malaysia: A review

Shaikh, P.H. and Nor, N.B.M. and Sahito, A.A. and Nallagownden, P. and Elamvazuthi, I. and Shaikh, M.S. (2017) Building energy for sustainable development in Malaysia: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 75. pp. 1392-1403. ISSN 13640321

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Abstract

Malaysia is located in Southeast Asia near the equator within the typical tropical climatic zone. The efficient use of energy is vital due to the dependency on fossil resources that are being exhausted, which ultimately cause CO2 emissions. Economic development and population growth are deemed to affect the growing energy demand in the country. Therefore, sustainability, energy security, and climate change are crucial challenges for the power sector in Malaysia. The aforementioned issues can be tackled with energy efficient measures in the building sector. Buildings in Malaysia consume 14.3 of the overall energy and 53 of only electrical energy is being consumed in residential and commercial sectors. Therefore, energy efficiency in buildings is crucial in order to reduce the energy use and improve the local environmental sustainability. This paper discusses a review on the building energy scenario, the policy perspectives, building energy efficiency programs along with landmark buildings and their characteristics. Besides, the potential of renewable energy resources in buildings and various prospective issues and challenges faced by the country have also been discussed. The significant review content thus benefits researchers, scientists and practitioners for a better understanding on energy efficiency and the sustainable measures that have been so far taken. The review also puts forward some actions to promote building energy efficiency and conservation. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Buildings; Climate change; Energy policy; Energy security; Historic preservation; Population statistics; Renewable energy resources; Sustainable development, Building energy; Building energy efficiency; Climatic zone; CO 2 emission; Economic development; Efficient use of energy; Fossil resources; Malaysia; Population growth; Southeast Asia, Energy efficiency
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2023 16:21
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2023 16:21
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/9404

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