Energy Efficiency Award system in Malaysia for energy sustainability

A review on existing sustainable indices on efficient energy.

“…An impressive number of sustainability indices have been developed, with different dimensions [11][12] and different models [13].…”

Energy efficiency index as an indicator for measuring building energy performance: A review

“…Manan et al [35] promoted energy efficiency by using three instruments consisting of Regulation, Technical Assistance and Recognition or Incentives. These strategies need the cooperation from many parties involved including the builders, designers, producer of building materials, professional institutions, and the government [20].…”

Renewable energy for continuous energy sustainability in Malaysia

“…With the hike in oil prices and growing environmental degradation, the Government of Malaysia (GoM) launched the Fifth Fuel Policy in 2000 (5FP2000) [18], which added RE as the fifth fuel during the Eighth Malaysia Plan (8MP) from 2001-2005, with more emphasis on sustainability and efficiency of energy developments [6]. The GoM recognizes that the conventional energy sources such as oil and natural gas are non-permanent and thus emphasis has been placed on nondispatchable energy sources such as biomass, biogas, municipal waste, solar and mini-hydro for electricity generation.…”

“…It was promoted with more emphasis under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) from 2006-2010 [18]. The Government is making frantic efforts in ensuring policies, RE programmes and incentives on RE are effective in promoting and developing the use of RE resources.…”