IPOH: 1Lasam, the progressive headquarters of Bonanza Venture Holdings (BVH) and Perak’s first green building, provisionally certified Platinum in the Green Building Index (GBI) grading system, continues to rake in the awards.
This time, winning a Gold Award in the Outstanding Green Commercial Building category of the Leadership in Sustainability Awards 2024 held in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on Tuesday, 2 July, 2024.
The Awards by the Malaysian Green Building Council seeks to showcase the achievements of Malaysian businesses, projects, and leadership in a sustainably built environment between 2022 and 2024, with winners gaining automatic entry to the 2024 Asia Pacific Leadership in Green Building Awards in Tianjin, China, laterp this year.
Accepting the award from Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad were representatives of Green Quarter Sdn Bhd – the GBI consulting firm of 1Lasam; and Kuee Architecture principal architect Shyuan Kuee.
Measuring about 30,000sqf, most of 1Lasam’s five-storey office block consists of workspaces with ancillary spaces such as conference rooms and gallery spaces.
Besides successfully fulfilling the assessment criteria of having a climate responsive design, achieving resource stewardship, having the ability to monitor building energy performance, and helping to bring about resilient communities, 1 Lasam has also achieved eight of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out by the United Nations.
1 Lasam has previously won the Silver Award in the Sustainable Development Goal Category of the PAM Awards 2022 by Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM); The Edge PAM – Green Excellence Award 2022; and was named winner of the Sustainable Commercial Development Malaysia category at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2023/2024. It has also been acknowledged for its commitment in reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the 2023 Low Carbon City Awards.
To know more about 1 Lasam, visit 1lasam.com.my.
