News about sustainable

As the threat of Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage, the importance of prevention and protection by every Malaysian against the attack cannot be dismissed.

Air-conditioned offices, classrooms, restaurants and shopping malls – these are typically regarded the “rich cousins” of their open-window, fan-operated, door-less, open-air and street-side counterparts.

Housing and lifestyle are inextricably linked.

Jalan Sin Chew Kee is named after the tin mining business and warehouse of Yap Kwan Seng, the last Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur.

Have you ever been drawn to a Chinese brush painting of majestic mountains, rocks and riv­ers? Somehow, if you allow yourself to drink it in, the ethereal landscape has the power to transport you to a place of soothing serenity, giving you a respite from your quotidian world.

More than 70% or about three in four corporate occupiers and investors stated that insufficient technological infrastructure is a major barrier in achieving their decarbonisation goals, according to JLL Asia-Pacific (APAC)’s report titled “Sus­tainable Real Estate: From Ambitions to Actions”.

WASHINGTON (June 28): The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-storey residential building in the US beachside town of Surfside, southeastern state Florida, has risen to nine, said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Sunway REIT) SunREIT Unrated Bond Bhd (SUB) has mandated OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd as the sustainability structuring coordinator of an unrated medium-term notes programme of up to RM10 billion in nominal value.

While a landscape architect can provide advice on the concept and approach of a project, ultimately, the decision rests with a property developer.

Sustainable landscaping is not all about greenery and trees.