Abstract
The ASEAN population will increase to 724.8 million by the year 2030 and the urbanization rate increases with years. This leads to the development of the construction industry to fulfil the fundamental social and physical requirements. Construction activities create an adverse negative impact on the environment, such as pollution and damage to the environment. This article will study more about the construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) and it can be founded in various construction stages. Therefore, the government and authorities introduce environmental management practices to mitigate the negative impact on construction on the environment and minimize the pollution at the source. What, why and where are terms required to consider before the implementation of environmental management practice. The government policies of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are summarized. Approximately 10% of total synthetic carbon dioxide (CO2) sourced from concrete production. The content more emphasizes the green materials generated from agricultural waste to replace the silica in concrete. The bamboo is used as interior decoration and material for building construction. Green materials technology is solar panel, solar thermal collector, geothermal technology, hydropower technology and cooling roof system.
Highlights
With the rapid growth of population and industrialization, construction is one of the major industries which plays a significant role in contributing to the rapid growth of the economy in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) countries in the past few decades
According to the statistic done by the Malaysia Government, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Malaysia demonstrated a declining trend in the year 2019 (-4.3%) and 2020 (-5.6%) since the decline in year 1998 and 2009 and the GDP of the construction industry contracted 19.4% in year 2020 compared with year 2019 [2]
A statistic based on the proportion of urban population to the total population in ASEAN countries was generated, the proportion expanded from 15.5% (1950) to 42% (2010) and this trend resulted in 50% by 2025 [11]
Summary
With the rapid growth of population and industrialization, construction is one of the major industries which plays a significant role in contributing to the rapid growth of the economy in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) countries in the past few decades. Construction negatively impacts the environment; even so construction brings wealth and good life to humans. Three stages such as site preparation stage, construction stage and post construction stage create waste and pollution to the environment. Green building is refer to utilization of green materials that are environmentally friendly to reduce resources and construction waste [4]. Other than environmental benefit (e.g., reduce pollution, minimize site disturbance and conservation of resources), green materials improve the indoor air quality of buildings and save expenses of waste disposal. The durability of green materials refers to the ability of materials to last longer without significant deterioration to conserve the resources, reduce waste, repair and replace the unit (Aghdam et al, 2018). The fossil fuel energy still used as the renewable energy cannot sustain the demand of electricity during peak hour
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