{"id":6505,"date":"2010-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=6505"},"modified":"2015-05-09T07:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T07:11:32","slug":"ukms-ultra-low-energy-house-a-test-bed-for-successful-application-of-local-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2010\/october-2010\/ukms-ultra-low-energy-house-a-test-bed-for-successful-application-of-local-research\/","title":{"rendered":"UKM\u2019S Ultra Low Energy House a test bed for successful application of local research"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2010%2Foctober-2010%2Fukms-ultra-low-energy-house-a-test-bed-for-successful-application-of-local-research%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=6505&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>WEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2010 11:07<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Abdul Ghani Nasir<br \/>\nPix by Saliman Leman<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 20 Oct 2010 \u2013 UKM\u2019s Ultra Low Energy House is an innovative development and could become a test bed to see the successful application of\u00a0 local research projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMinister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili\u00a0said \u201cthe success of the Ultra Low Energy House will bring about confidence to the industry and investors in commercialising green technology projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe said this when opening the Ultra Low Energy House and later surveyed the Green Technology Innovation Park\u00a0built by the UKM\u2019s Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) opposite UKM Sports Field in the campus yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nDr Ongkili said green technology has been identified to further spur the country\u2019s economic development with the government allocating RM210 million for research in renewable energy, green chemicals, water technology, nano green technology, environmental technology and industries in order to maximise human resources management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOne of the green technology given preference is \u2018Green Building\u2019 incorporating energy saving techniques to cut the use of conventional energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe later witnessed the signing of an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) between UKM and the Commission on Science and Technology For Sustainable Development In The South, Pakistan (COMSATS) to promote and implement green technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe MOU to spur scientific co-operation in renewable energy was signed by UKM Vice Chancellor, \u00a0Prof. Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin and COMSATS Executive Director, Dr Imtinan Elahi Qureshi. It was witnessed by Dr Ongkili.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prof \u00a0Sharifah Hapsah said the park is testimony to UKM\u2019s commitment \u00a0towards green technology and hoped its development will be supported by the government, industry and the private sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cWe also hope the park will be a referral centre for green technology development in Malaysia in the future,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe function was another milestone for UKM especially in promoting the nation\u2019s technology agenda, she said congratulating SERI for the event which showed the success and achievements of its researchers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSERI has already developed more than 30 green products and is the only institute in the country offering MSc and PhD programmes in renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nProf Sharifah Hapsah said green technology is the application of environmental science in the preservation and conservation of the country\u2019s natural resources to combat negative impacts of man\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cGreen technology is eco-friendly and is the prime mover towards a carbon-free emission to the environment. Green technology is also seen as a mindset change for a greener environment. Its approach is to return what man have taken from the earth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nResearch and development on green technology had been carried out by researchers at UKM covering low energy architecture, green building designs and green constructions, development of PV and building integrated PV, hybrid PV systems, wind turbine aerofoil design, solar homes, solar assisted cooling to replace conventional CFCs base air-conditioning system and several other projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nDr Imtinan expressed confidence the MOU can help to bind relationship between the two institutions of higher learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe will be bringing back the research and technological projects of UKM to Pakistan and hoped more could be done in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">COMSATS, he said, had established 16 centre of excellence to promote South South co-operation and hoped Malaysia would become a member.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus_News_Picture\/Comsats6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEDNESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2010 11:07 By Abdul Ghani Nasir Pix by Saliman Leman BANGI, 20 Oct 2010 \u2013 UKM\u2019s Ultra<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2010\/october-2010\/ukms-ultra-low-energy-house-a-test-bed-for-successful-application-of-local-research\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6506,"parent":1410,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6505","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6508,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6505\/revisions\/6508"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}