The Green Technology Master Plan (GTMP) creates a framework which facilitates the mainstreaming of green technology into the planned developments of Malaysia.
“The goal of GTMP is to strengthen the role of the economy and green technology as a catalyst to Malaysia’s aspirations for sustainable growth.”
6 Key Sectors
In this article, we will only focus on summarising the Energy and Building sector.
Energy
The Government has been putting effort to ensure the long-term sustainability of the energy sector through resource diversification, continuous investment in new infrastructure and state-of-the-art technology deployment.
“The main challenge highlighted would be the governance in the future energy economy which will be important in setting the tone for harnessing renewable energies and energy storage technologies.”
Funding to buffer the transition to a more market-based approach in energy generation and supply has been provided along with funds for R&D&C. Recommendations include enhancing the energy planning framework to leverage on disruptive technologies such as the massive scale-up of distributed generation, microgrids, independent energy storage, the internet of things, and electric vehicles among others.
The below figure is a brief summary of the direction and target for the Energy sector
Building
“The Government has lead the way by implementing initiatives to realise a 5% reduction in energy consumption of ministry buildings in the federal capital by 2020 as well as the adoption of green building rating scheme.”
The main challenges highlighted :
- The high cost of investments in green technology and materials.
- The absence of regulatory drivers on building energy codes which largely dictate a building’s energy intensity (BEI).
- Inadequate sustainability performance standards for building materials.
- Lack of research in sustainable building materials
- The need for a more skilled workforce in the construction industry.
Recommendations:
- Standardisation of rating and audit tools
- Enforcing reduction of waste generation at site
- Increasing the recycled material content in construction materials.
The below figure is a brief summary of the direction and target for the Building sector
We have mentioned about the government implementation of initiatives, for more details on this try checking out our article Green Building Tax Incentive Explained to find out more.
