Construction Industry Will Move Towards Green Buildings Gradually Stakeholders within the Malaysian buildings and construction industry will gradually embrace green buildings given the increasing focus on sustainability from real estate investors and more stringent building energy codes from policymakers to address climate change. CGS-CIMB Research expects the domestic buildings and construction sector to likely evolve to achieve net-zero carbon buildings by implementing mandatory building energy codes and targets for more buildings to be green-certified. Efforts will also include the adoption of industrialised building systems (IBS) and automation and the increased usage of eco-friendly green building materials. The research firm also noted that as the buildings and construction sector are responsible for over one-third of the world's energy consumption and the total direct and indirect energy-related carbon emissions in 2020,
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