Menara KPKT achieves GreenRE Gold, a Malaysian first
ESD GreenTech supported Menara KPKT in becoming the first ministry building in Malaysia to achieve a GreenRE Gold rating under the ENRB v3.3 tool.
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Leading sustainable building operations in the public sector
What GreenRE Gold looks like day to day in a 38-storey government building: district cooling, a BEI of 89.9 kWh/m²/year, and the discipline behind it.
Why a petrol station is harder to certify than a tower
At 1,640 m², PETRONAS Kuala Ketil had no floor area to spread credits across. Renewable energy took the full 20 of 20 and made Silver reachable.
What a certification renewal proves that a first one cannot
1 Powerhouse held GreenRE Gold and had to demonstrate it still performed. The renewal scored 87.30 of 100 with full marks on OTTV and plant.
The green building credits you cannot buy at tender
GTower took full marks on waste management and occupancy evaluation at its Gold renewal. Those points are earned by operating a building, not specifying one.
Platinum won on orientation, not on equipment
Bloomsvale Residence took full RETV marks and scored so highly on energy that the credit capped out. Almost none of it came from plant.
0.72 kW/RT: what a measured plant figure actually tells you
Sunway Visio reported 0.72 kW/RT in operation and an energy intensity of 95.29 kWh/m2/year. Measured numbers and modelled ones are not the same claim.
Full marks on the envelope, in a factory
AFI Brake Manufacturing took 25 of 25 on building envelope and thermal parameters, a credit industrial buildings are rarely expected to win.
Certifying a hospital that cannot be switched off
Thomson Hospital reached GreenRE Silver across a live seven-storey hospital and a 12-storey extension, with full marks on the post-occupancy comfort loop.
The same energy number, twice, years apart
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia recorded a building energy intensity of 103 kWh/m2/year at both its initial and renewal GBI assessments.
What a Bronze rating is actually for
Irama Wangsa certified GreenRE Bronze in 2018 with full marks on lighting, car park ventilation and Green Plot Ratio. Entry ratings are not consolation prizes.
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