Dear respected participants,

My name is Ts Dr Norpadzlihatun Manap.

Thank you for joining me in this Online Course on Sustainable Construction.

Construction is the process to build houses, buildings, bridges or any other facilities and infrastructures. It is a broad industry that can also cover mining and forestry markets.

It is of utmost importance to deliver construction projects sustainably. Sustainability is defined as meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of our future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability has three main pillars: environmental, social and economic. These three pillars are informally referred to as planet, people and profits.

This course introduces the concept of Sustainable Construction to students, professionals and the public. Sustainable Construction is the process to build in a way that is socially, economically, environmentally, functionally, and aesthetically balanced to meet today’s needs; and to provide and conserve resources for future generations.

In this course, you will be exposed to four key elements (energy, water, materials and site) in order to be able to construct sustainably your construction projects.

I believe with your full commitment, this course will require approximately less than a day to finish. You can revisit the topics of this course at your own leisurely time.

I hope by the end of this course you have gathered sufficient knowledge in Sustainable Construction and can apply it to your own specific field of work.

Thank you.