Critical green road criteria for Malaysia green rural road index

Rashid, M. H. S. Abd.; Zakaria, Rozana; Aminudin, Eeydzah; Adzar, Jeffryl Azniel; Shamsuddin, Siti Mazzuana; Munikanan, Vikneswaran; Alias, Nurul Ezaila; Sooria, Sherliza Zaini; Saha, Krishnendu

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/849/1/012039

Cited by 6 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Revitalize urban areas and attract tourism and improve residents' quality of life [15]. By focusing on environmentally-friendly practices, Bhutan strives to minimize the ecological impact of road construction and maintenance.…”

Section: Green Road Development As a Sustainable Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Green Road Development as an Effective Strategy for Plastic Waste Reduction in Bhutan

Chojey

2023

IJSREM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The idea of green road development provides a method to lessen the effects of plastic waste, which has emerged as a global environmental concern. Bhutan, a developing country that places a strong emphasis on Gross National Happiness, confronts difficulties because of its difficult geography and few resources. Nevertheless, the nation has taken aggressive steps to minimize plastic waste, such as outlawing plastic bags and encouraging garbage sorting and recycling. Bhutan takes an active involvement in regional and international forums to learn about and put sustainable practices into practice. Sustainable materials, stormwater management, landscaping, energy efficiency, and active mobility are all included in "green" road development. It enhances road safety, safeguards wildlife habitats, and lowers carbon emissions. Case studies from the Netherlands, Singapore, and India show how green road Programmes have been successfully implemented. In order to achieve green road development in Bhutan, it is necessary to solve technical, budgetary, and policy-related issues while involving stakeholders and the general public. To increase the sustainability of green road systems, future directions include integrating renewable energy, creating self-healing materials, and using smart technologies. Keywords: Green Road, Plastic Waste, Gross National Happiness, Sustainable practices

show abstract

Section: Green Road Development As a Sustainable Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Green Road Development as an Effective Strategy for Plastic Waste Reduction in Bhutan

Chojey

2023

IJSREM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The main criteria will decide the primary construction work for rural road development. The criteria are listed based on Adzar et al [6], Abd Rashid et al [7] and Adzar et al [8].…”

Section: Green Rural Road Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

An Assessment of Green Rural Road Criteria and Elements for My Green Rural Road Index: A Case Study in Pengerang, Johor

Mustafa

Munikanan

Zakaria

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The rural road networks were built to connect the rural people to the town area or to other destination required by the local residents. Normally the rural roads will be developed to connect or increase the socio-economic opportunity in rural area. The green road is one of the key areas that can be look into to create the sustainable concept based on three key aspects namely social, environmental and economic factors. The main focus of the economy aspect is to increase the profits using more efficient resources, especially materials, improving the quality of life by meeting the national needs of social aspects and protecting the environment from the effects of CO2 emissions and efficient use of natural resources for environmental aspects. Therefore, it is important that stakeholders include sustainability criteria in their projects. The application of a sustainable concept on the road can be assessed by the green road evaluation tool. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to build tools to evaluate and declare green rural roads in Malaysia. The data for this study were gathered through group discussions with road construction experts and distributed questionnaires to identify sustainability factors. Then the data were analysed by factor analysis method using SPSS software. Based on the result, there are five main sustainable criteria: Sustainable Design and Construction, Social and Safety, Energy Efficiency, Environmental and Water Management and Materials and Technology that are included in the development of the green road qualification system. The analysis indicates that the social and safety become the prime criteria among other criteria.

show abstract

“…Current records indicated that a few research had used pHJKR rating tool benchmarking for road and highway. Abd Rashid et al (2020) had used pHJKR rating tool in developing Malaysia Green Rural Road Index (MyGreen RRI) by comparing all components with others green road national rating tool. Meanwhile, research by Adzar et al (2019) focused on sustainability performance during operation and maintenance application.…”

Section: Phjkr Assessment Toolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy efficiency compliance towards benchmarking for intermittent use religious buildings

Rahman

Kamaruzzaman

Akashah

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the level of energy efficiency (EE) practices and worshippers’ comfort experience towards energy consumption of a selected energy retrofitted mosque. This study identifies whether the work was done on ad hoc or planned basis and to gauge the success level of the retrofit work. Design/methodology/approach Mixed method was used in this study. A selected mosques with a capacity of more than 1,000 worshippers under the Class A of classification places of assembly with operating hour ranging from 45 to 65 h and the penarafan hijau jabatan kerja raya (pHJKR) rating tool as a benchmarking for EE assessment is used. A total of 45 respondents were involved in this study to obtain their perception on comfort experience in mosque. Meanwhile, energy audit and walk-through surveys were conducted to obtain data on energy consumption. To identify whether the work was done on ad hoc or planned basis and to gauge the success level of the retrofit work, pHJKR rating tool and efficiency standard MS1525:2019 are used for benchmarking in keeping with sustainability guidelines. Findings The results of this study indicated that the EE score achieved by the mosque is good while there are still rooms for improvement to increase the higher score to the pHJKR’s EE benchmarking tool. Research limitations/implications EE is one of the most important agenda under sustainable development initiatives. Part of the initial government strategy is to encourage the use public buildings in demonstrating initiatives for sustainable development to justify high capital resources investment. Mosque buildings have huge potential for this purpose because as religious public buildings for the majority Muslim community, their operations are fully funded from public funds. Selection of mosques is also driven by its unique intermittent energy consumption pattern, while early mosques adopted natural ventilation, modern mosques are often designed with mechanical ventilation (air conditioning). Practical implications An encouragement on government initiative towards sustainable development can be escalating by producing exemplary building for intermittent use pattern categories by mosque as a model. Social implications Sustainable development especially in EE becomes normal practices and energy and impact towards environment possibly be saved. Originality/value Sustainable development especially in EE becomes normal practices and energy and impact towards environment possibly be saved. This research is based on supportive national agenda by assessing EE measure for development of energy management in intermittent use buildings (mosque).

show abstract

Critical green road criteria for Malaysia green rural road index

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

A Review on Green Road Development as an Effective Strategy for Plastic Waste Reduction in Bhutan

A Review on Green Road Development as an Effective Strategy for Plastic Waste Reduction in Bhutan

An Assessment of Green Rural Road Criteria and Elements for My Green Rural Road Index: A Case Study in Pengerang, Johor

Energy efficiency compliance towards benchmarking for intermittent use religious buildings

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About