Malaysia has 51 polluted rivers
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Deputy Minister, Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis, told Parliament today that the country has 51 ailing rivers, reported Bernama today.
Radioactive residue from Lynas plant must be removed from Malaysia, says ministry
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): The Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change said radioactive residue from the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Gebeng, Pahang, must be removed from Malaysia.
Govt to tender out RM2b worth of solar projects next year
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The government will undertake an open tender next year for the third round of the 500MW large-scale solar (LSS3) projects worth an estimated value of RM2 billion.
Malaysia wants to be a stepping stone for business in plastic alternatives, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia hopes to spearhead the research and development (R&D) and commercialisation of green packaging and other alternatives for single-use plastics.
Details of plastic waste ban to be finalised by year end, says Yeo
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Putrajaya aims to finalise details of banning the import of non-recyclable plastic waste by end of this year.
Yeo Bee Yin: Government freezes licence issuance for plastic waste recycling factories
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The government has freezed issuance of licenses to establish plastic waste recycling factories in Malaysia and banned the import of these materials to ensure existing illegal factories do not continue their operations.
South-East Asia vulnerable to climate change
JAKARTA (August 7): Recent bouts of extreme and deadly weather have highlighted South-East Asia’s vulnerabilities to climate change.
Govt: We will not become world’s solid waste dump
PETALING JAYA (July 31): Malaysia will not become the world’s solid waste dump, assured the government.
RM114m to subsidise residential power surcharge in 2H18
KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Domestic users are the first priority for Putrajaya, which will utilise RM114 million from the Electricity Industry Fund (KWIE) to subsidise nearly 82% of residential power users in the second half of the year, according to Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment minister Yeo Bee Yin (pictured).
佳居锦囊：气候变化关我家事？
处于一个没有四季的国家内，马来西亚建筑物不受极端气候变化带来的冲击，但常年的高温、大雨和潮湿，还是对建筑物不利。 Wayne Restoration and Engineering私人有限公司总裁Kuan You Wai指出，白天与夜晚的温差会导致建筑物结构热胀冷缩，造成如屋顶位移等问题。 “价值工程学盛行的环境中，没有伸缩接头的单片平面屋顶在大马非常普遍。如果这些屋顶是没有伸缩接头，屋顶的平面就会逐渐出现裂缝。而这些在建筑物外部的裂缝，会让雨水渗入建筑物内部。” 他解释道，价值工程学是当下建筑领域的流行词语，旨在通货膨胀、汽油价格攀升和消费税推高开销的环境中，把建筑成本降低。 “因此，只要达到建筑物最低的水平要求，发展商、工程师和建筑商往往都会尽力减少成本，以提高赚幅。” 他续称，气候变化造成的极端大雨也会影响国内建筑物的地基，因为这些地基大部分是由粘土支撑。 “在潮湿的环境中，粘土会变软和扩展，而在干旱的时候，它将收缩和变硬。因此粘土很常出现土壤流失、土崩和土地沉陷等现象。” 此外，燃烧石化燃料排放的污染物会造成酸雨，这也是个侵蚀建筑物外部的“毒药”。 尽管国内的降雨、土壤侵蚀、空气污染和潮湿问题越来越严重，但Kuan指出，在目前1984年建筑物规范条例下，并没有太多控制室内潮湿问题的条例。 “除了建筑物的地下楼层，1984年建筑物规范条例内并没有任何有关防潮的条款。而且，大学的土木工程课程也没有教导防水的科技。” 因此，Kuan认为，1984年建筑物规范条例应被检讨与提升，否则建筑领域就会采用更低成本、但对建筑环境有害的建筑决定。 他也呼吁地方政府关注建筑物潮湿问题，并采取更积极措施，检讨1984年建筑物规范条例和新建筑设计与原料的适用程度。 “在这个条例被强化之前，建筑师和工程师会继续采用国际的防潮标准，因为该条例内根本没有这方面的条款。” “但每个国家的情况都不一样，而且这些国际标准并非全已在大马测试过。因此，我国需要更深入的研究，来设立更强的建筑法规。” 该文章已刊登于2018年4月13日的EdgeProp.
