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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's administrative capital of Putrajaya will have its first commercial green building in the commercial precinct of Precinct 2 by 2012.
The development on Plot 2C2 will comprise 4-storey podium buildings below a tower building of eight storeys. The buildings will be energy efficient with environmentally sustainable design. A 3-storey basement with retail outlets will face the promenade at the waterfront. The total gross floor area of the development is approximately 54,000 square meters and is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd and Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd signed the construction agreement for the building on Monday Feb 8. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin.
In his speech, Datuk Azlan Abd Karim, Chief Executive Officer of Putrajaya Holdings, the master developer of Putrajaya, said the Malaysian government recently announced that Putrajaya and Cyberjaya will be developed as pioneer townships in green technology.
Azlan also applauded the strong partnership with Putra Perdana Construction, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putrajaya Perdana Berhad, in developing the city particularly in constructing the government buildings and residential developments there since 1996.
The buildings on Plot 2C2 are designed to achieve the Gold Rating under Malaysia’s Green Building Index (GBI). The GBI Non-Residential Rating tool evaluates the sustainable aspects of buildings with emphasis on energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality as these have the greatest impact in the areas of energy use and well-being of the occupants and users of the building. Gold Rating is achieved by obtaining between 76 to 85 points out of 100 calculated based on the six criteria; energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, sustainable site planning and management, material and resources, water efficiency, and innovation.
