Natasha Khalil

The performance-risk indicators (PRI) in building performance rating tool for higher education buildings

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a building performance (BP) rating tool concerning the health and safety risk of building users in higher educational buildings (HEB). This paper presents the findings of a preliminary survey, which is the establishment of performance-risk indicators (PRIs) as an initial construct for the development of BP rating tool. The construct items consist of three criteria as the main focus, namely performance element, risk frames and the indicators. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a qualitative approach to achieve the outcome for the preliminary survey. The determinants of the indicators were preliminarily compiled from literature and previous established BP evaluation (BPE) schemes. The initial construct of indicators are then further confirmed through semi-structured interviews involving 18 building operators in Malaysia’s public university buildings. Their views are needed to obtain suitability of the listed indicators for BP rating assessment t...

A Review on Tropical Green Roof Maintenance Practice of High-Rise Residential Buildings

The Malaysia Plan is slowly moving towards the green growth for sustainability and resilience to develop a green environment and culture. Few initiatives have been developed, and one of them is with the development of Green Building Index (GBI) as Malaysia’s green building rating system where the green roof is also the important criteria needed to achieve green status. Hence, the green roof has received significant attention in Malaysia over the years especially in the environmental performance of the system. However, the maintenance management of green roofs is often being neglected and does not being looked in. There are also lack of scientific research regarding the maintenance management practice of green roof in this tropical climate. This research is carried out to assess the green roof maintenance practice in high-rise residential buildings and to analyse the guidelines and codes being applied in other developed countries. The research has been conducted through an extensive reading on the literature from journals and articles. From the literature reviews, there are few successful green roof projects in high-rise residential buildings located in urban cities of Kuala Lumpur, and the current maintenance practice of green roofs is also being analysed. Generally, it can be concluded that maintenance works in high-rise residential buildings are being out-tasked to the related teams in order to maintain the green roof as well as the building in a proper way. A better maintenance management practice will inspire greener roof implementation in this country in future.

Improving Safety performance through post occupancy evaluations (POE): a study of Malaysian low-cost housing

Purpose There are rising issues with the delivery performance of the Malaysian low-cost housing since the occupants are inclined to perceive safety hazards. Among the safety issues raised during the occupancy period in the low-cost housing are structural instability and falling building fragments. Without defining the occupants’ requirements in the early housing development, it is hard to determine the prevailing safety factors. Hence, this paper emphasises the application of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) that incorporates participation from the occupants as a tool to assess the safety performance of the Malaysian low-cost housing. The main aim of this study is to develop a framework of POE integrated with safety elements for low-cost housing (LCH) in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted using a quantitative method using questionnaires as the survey instrument involving safety inspection survey and satisfaction surveys. The inspection survey and occupants’ satisfaction surve...

The Conceptual Framework of Building Performance-Risk Indicators (PRI) For Buildings Users in Higher Education Institutions

Higher education institutions (HEI) buildings are considered as key functional, as it generates environment, human and economic resources. Initially, growing students’ population with various learning activities has constituted risk emergence, green issues, inefficient of energy use and climate discomfort. To sustain the building efficiency, building performance evaluation plays a vital role to improve performance issues in HEI buildings. This paper presents the construct items of performance criteria, namely Building Performance-Risk Indicators (PRI) as the initial framework for the development of building performance rating tool. The framework considers three criteria as the main focus, i.e. performance element, risk frames and the indicators.