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Malaysia’s First Solar Powered Recycling Centre Launched in UKM
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 20:58
By Shahfizal Musa
Pix by Saliman Leman
Pix by Saliman Leman
BANGI, 23 March. 2011- UKM today launched the first solar powered recycling centre in the country using photovoltaic solar panels (PV) and equipped with a 32 inch LCD screen and a DVD player.
The building was designed by a UKM researcher and architect Dr Azimin Samsul Tanzilan, a Research Fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) and Institute of Environment and Development (LESTARI) UKM with the collaboration of Alam Flora.
It is an on campus centre for storing and segregating solid wastes for recycling purposes .
At its launch today, Alam Flora CEO Haji Mohd Zain bin Haji Hassan said the centre was built using green technology and micro architecture procedures. It is the first recycling centre fully powered by solar energy in the country.
Energy to maintain the centre is derived fully from solar panels that can generate electrical energy of 200 watts. It can power a ceiling fan, three light bulbs, a 32 inch LCD screen and DVD player.
Its total cost of about RM60,000 is considered low compared to other structures that use solar energy. It was built using both natural and recycled materials.
Mohd Zain said the building was designed such that it will absorb natural lights into its interior and is also well ventilated. The building also incorporates rain harvesting system used to cool its surrounding and for cleaning as well as to water plants.
The building characteristics conforms with Green Building Index (GBI), a set of guidelines for sustainable development.
Mohd Zain commended UKM for the collaboration with Alam Flora saying that the university will become the reference point for other universities wishing to have a sustainable campus.
Deputy Vice chancellor (Academic and International Affairs) Prof Dato’ Ir Dr Hassan Basri said that UKM aims to be a zero waste campus within 10 years.
With that goal in mind, Prof Hassan said UKM has set up a Zero Waste Initiative Committee to oversee that aspiration becoming a reality.
“I am confident that UKM will achieve our target to recycle 22% of its solid waste by the end of the year,”
The recycling centre is only one of the many initiatives being taken to make the campus environmentally friendly. Various collaboration initiatives were forged to conduct research on how waste can be recycled, he said.
Among them were various action researches being conducted between UKM and Alam Flora including research on biogas, composting food and garden waste.
Prof Hassan hoped UKM will become the pioneer in solid waste research management among institutions of higher learning in Malaysia and the region.
Senior officials from the National Solid Waste Management Department, the Kajang Municipal Council, Putrajaya Corporation, Alam Flora and UKM.
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