Contents - May 2012

Posted: April 30, 2012
From the
managing editor’s desk
 
LIVING CASES
Global challenges for solar feed-in tariffs
Black clouds over Germany’s PV industry
New desalination technology to be tested in Singapore
Tianjin Eco-City receives its first residents
City of New York receives Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2012
 
 

COVER

MALAYSIA’S GREEN TOUR: THE FAB FIVE

Heat and humidity – the twin discomforts of life in the tropics. This year’s Rehda Youth Green Tour trains its focus on making residential property, whether landed or high-rise, more sustainable -- providing fresh hope that Malaysian homeowners can keep their cool on the hottest days without paying a high price in electricity bills or eco-friendliness. 

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Net-zero energy challenge for Malaysia’s developers
“We hope there will be a new mandatory building code that will ask for all new buildings to be energy-efficient.”

Poul Erik Kristensen, managing director, IEN Consultants 
Five properties in green building tour
“Development of green buildings in Malaysia will only get bigger and better.”

Sam Tan, Rehda Youth deputy chairman
   
Rehda walks the talk with new green headquarters
“This project itself has been a learning experience for everyone involved.”

Michael Yam, Rehda Malaysia president
Sime Darby’s Idea House: Home of the future  
SS11 House: Malaysia’s first green township
Ken Rimba builds its first green township
11 Mont’Kiara sets the stage for energy efficiency
             
CASE STUDIES
China’s Guangdong to invest 15.3 billion yuan in new-energy vehicles
Inner Mongolia pushing wind power
FSC-certified wood and products fetch higher prices
Huawei and Landis+Gyr team up for UK smart meter market
Mawlynnong: India’s cleanest village finds ecotourism niche
 
   
PEOPLE  
Lowest-hanging fruit for energy sustainability  
“Many looked only at projects which have payback periods of less than two years.”

Dr Lal Jayamaha, founder, LJ Energy
 
Wild Asia’s Reza Azmi pushes for sustainable tourism  
“If we’re travelling locally and enjoying Chilean wine, Australian beef, our carbon footprint isn’t much lower.”

Dr Reza Azmi, founder, Wild Asia
 
Harnessing the media to fight climate change
“We’ve got to accept that there’s a nexus between climate change and energy, water and the environment.”

Ken Hickson, sustainability communicator
 
EDITORIAL
Costs of nuclear power continue to rise
Would a globalised organic food industry be green after all?
Marketing green by feeding self-interest
EE for homes in search of growth multiplier
   
INFORMATION
Delays on signing of renewable power purchase agreements for feed-in tariff (FiT) resolved
Malaysian energy at the crossroads
“Strong energy-efficiency programme vital in national economic development.”

Ahmad Fauzi Hasan, Energy Commission
 
“Prices of gas will ultimately determine the future energy mix and plant-up policy.”

Che Khalib Mohamad Noh, CEO, Tenaga Nasional Berhad
“Green baskets” for Sarawak farms to go global
News briefs
Homework
A practical guide on whether and where electric vehicles would work for fleet managers