Reflective Journal
Malaysia is a developing country which heading toward industrialization. A good and comfortable housing area is necessary for all Malaysians. Therefore, sustainable housing development is one of the issue that construction practitioners that should concern in the industry. It also an important module that should highlight in the academic.
In this module, I have learned that the concept of sustainable housing development should be promoted and heightened in the industry. There are few methods to achieve the sustainable building include the full use of the site design, passive solar design, natural light and ventilation. Green design is an important element of sustainable housing, yet it is not the exclusive dimension. We still need a sufficient definition of sustainable housing development.
Besides that, I also learned that Malaysian government is actively promoting policies to ensure quality and affordable houses to all nations. However, there are many challenges and factors that have reduced the implementation of the sustainable concept in housing development. There are few challenges have been identified by researchers which are high cost of sustainable housing, lack of awareness and understanding, lack of expertise and technology, lack of enforcement, lack of training and education, lack commitment from organization and lack of requirement and demand from stakeholders.
Furthermore, the module also taught me the solution to confront the sustainable issues in order to achieve sustainable housing development. For example, the organization should consider sustainable movement as top priority such as managing resources and formulating policies, rules and strategies are focused on achieving that goal. The government also can offer some incentives enhancing policies and regulation to enhance the implication of sustainable concept in housing development.
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