INDOOR ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY OF RESIDENTIALINDUSTRIAL HOUSING IN MALAYSIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v21.15776Keywords:
Housing, Indoor Air Quality, Mixed-use Urban Development, Residentialindustrial Neighbourhood, Sustainibility.Abstract
The importance of sustainable development has been internationally recognised and the principles have been widely used as an impetus for promoting housing sustainability. In the situation of mixed-use urban development in close proximity to heavy industrial areas in Malaysia, rising incomes are developing hand in hand with higher expectations for better and more sustainable housing designs. Negative environmental impacts due current deficiency in Malaysia’s approach to the implementation of sustainable development principles can be seen in this case study of the Pasir Gudang Industrial Area in Malaysia. This study aimed to highlight the level of residents’ satisfaction with living near the industrial area, and to relate their awareness of the relevance of sustainable principles with indoor environmental conditions, which found that the residents’ has limited understanding of the environmental problems in their indoor living conditions and in their neighbourhoods. This study has suggested that proactive and integrated involvement by housing authorities from all levels of government in Malaysia should be encouraged in order to rationalise the approaches to develop better planning solutions for such mixed-used urban developments. This initiative should then encourage housing vendors to provide innovative ‘smart’ technological changes to their projects and so, to achieve a new direction in sustainable housing development.References
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