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Badasyan, N (2018) Project feasibility analysis economic model for private investments in the renewable energy sector. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 215–30.

Isa, R, Emuze, F, Das, D and Awuzie, B O (2018) Modeling a transformational route to infrastructure sustainability in South Africa. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 147–59.

Lian, J K and Ling, F Y (2018) The influence of personal characteristics on quantity surveyors’ job satisfaction. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 183–93.

Ohueri, C C, Enegbuma, W I and Kenley, R (2018) Energy efficiency practices for Malaysian green office building occupants. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 134–46.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Malaysia; Efficiency; Office; Green; Energy; Building;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 2044-124X
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-10-2017-0091
  • Abstract:
    Green building construction was adopted as a strategy to reduce energy consumption and the overall impact of the built environment on our natural environment. However, in Malaysia, previous studies have reaffirmed that green office buildings consume a substantial amount of energy, compared to their counterparts in Singapore. Moreover, there is still a significant performance gap between predicted energy measurements and actual operational energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia, due to occupants’ behavioural discrepancies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop energy efficiency practices for occupants of green office buildings in Malaysia. The developed practices integrate technology, organisation policy, and occupants’ behavioural strategies, in order to reduce the energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the research goal, a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) research method was used to collect data from the research population. In total, 53 respondents working in a green office building complex in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia were surveyed using a questionnaire. Additionally, three top management staff of the green office building and two Malaysian construction professionals were interviewed. The study adopted convenience sampling technique in selecting the research respondents. The data from the questionnaire were analysed using SPSS software (version 22) while the interview data were analysed via thematic content analysis. Findings The findings suggest that the integration of technological strategy (use of BIM tools, sustainable building materials, etc.); organisational strategy (develop, implement and evaluate action plans, use of monitor/control systems, etc.); and occupants behavioural strategy (training, incentives, occupants energy efficiency guide, etc.) will critically reduce energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia. Originality/value Based on the findings, energy efficiency practices are developed to guide occupants in reducing the energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia. This strategy will contribute to reducing the performance gap that exists between predicted energy and actual energy use of green office buildings in Malaysia. However, the developed energy efficiency practices need to be validated to ascertain its workability in the green office building context.

Saeed, A M, Duffield, C and Hui, F K P (2018) An enhanced framework for assessing the operational performance of public-private partnership school projects. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 194–214.

Salvado, F, Almeida, N M d and Vale e Azevedo, A (2018) Toward improved LCC-informed decisions in building management. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 114–33.

Shahandashti, M, Ashuri, B and Mostaan, K (2018) Automatic fault detection for Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems using time series methods. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 160–70.

Vilventhan, A and Kalidindi, S N (2018) Utility relocation management in highway projects. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(02), 171–82.