Sustainable Practices for Existing Building: Perspective of Local Authorities in Malaysia

Building on Indigenous Practices for Sustainable Forest Management

Currently, forests cover about one-third of the world’s land area, just under 4 billion hectares (ha) (FAO, 2006a). It is estimated that 70% of the world’s forests are natural (self-generating), 20% semi-natural (regeneration with some degree of human intervention), 10% anthropogenic (established or significantly transformed by humans) (MA, 2005). 75% of the world’s forests are located in two b...

Building Maintenance Strategy: A Sustainable Refurbishment Perspective

The entire life cycle of a building include construction, operation, maintenance, demolition and removal, and the normal expected life span of a commercial building may up to 100 years. During this time span, building refurbishment is an important topical in facilities management but limited attempt has been made to study the sustainable refurbishment. In fact, refurbishment strategy should alw...

Factors Improvement of Sustainable livelihoods from the Perspective of Local People, Case Study: Ardabil County

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors improvement of sustainable livelihoods from the perspective of local people of Ardabil County. First, factors affecting effectiveness improvement of sustainable livelihoods in the study area were identified from the perspective of local elites using semi-structured interviews. To achieve this goal, 35 residents of studied region were inter...

The Local Authorities' Part

Preparation of Tender for Building Conservation Work: Current Practices in Malaysia

Building conservation work generally involves complex and non-standard work different from new building construction processes. In preparing tenders for building conservation projects, therefore, the quantity surveyor must carefully consider the specificity of non-standard items and demarcate the scope of unique conservation work. While the quantity surveyor must appreciate the full range of wo...