Malaysia Green Buildings Industry Outlook to 2018 - Rising Energy Costs and Depleting Natural Resources to Drive Sustainable Development

Malaysia Green Buildings Industry Outlook to 2018 - Rising Energy Costs and Depleting Natural Resources to Drive Sustainable Development The report titled “Malaysia Green Buildings Industry Outlook to 2018 - Rising Energy Costs and Depleting Natural Resources to Drive Sustainable Development” presents a comprehensive analysis of the industry covering aspects including how green buildings improve business, key drivers, constraints and value chain of green buildings industry, construction spending in Malaysia, market size by number of registered and certified green buildings, gross floor area, market segmentation by ratings, by states, types of buildings. The report also entails a detailed analysis of key developments in the industry, environmental impact and technology analysis of green buildings. A brief snapshot of green buildings industry across different economies of the world has been included in the report. Malaysia is a dynamic economy which has been evolving constantly over the years. It is a middle income country and has transformed itself since 1970s from a producer of raw materials into a promising multi-sector economy spurred by high technology, knowledge-based and capital intensive industries. Malaysia’s dependence on non renewable source of energy is increasing with the rising population and urbanization in the country. Malaysia, in recognizing the issues of climate change and energy security, has taken the step to promote Green Technology (GT) as part of the solution. It is anticipated that the promotion of green technology would facilitate the achievement of Malaysia's commitment to adopt an indicator of a voluntary reduction of up to 40% in terms of emissions intensity of GDP by the year 2020 compared to 2005 levels. Green technology will be one of the emerging drivers of economic growth for the country to achieve high-income status while addressing the imperative issue of the sustainability. In South East Asian economies...