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Green Government

Malaysia to green its public hospitals

By Johanna Morden | 28 April 2011

The Malaysian government is planning to make its public hospitals more eco-friendly by using energy-saving lighting and air-conditioning units.

This was said by Malaysian Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong La on Wednesday at a visit to the Sultan Ahmad Shah Hospital (SASH), a 498-bed government-funded hospital in the state of Pahang.

Liow stressed the need for public hospitals to use green technology to cut their sizeable electricity bills.

He said SASH alone racks up RM650,000 (US$217,000) in electricity bills per month.

Currently, there are about 140 public hospitals across Malaysia.

Liow is looking to the private sector to provide green technology in support of the government’s eco agenda.

“Companies should propose the best possible ways to help the government reduce electricity costs at hospitals,” he said. “We are working out the rate of payment for companies that embark on the effort.”

Liow will base the rate of payment to the amount of energy saved by the technology provided by companies.

The Malaysian government has been taking an active role in greening public infrastructures.

In June last year, the government created a special committee that analyses the possibility of making all building infrastructures in Malaysian government projects eco-friendly.

According to Malaysian Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui, the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology & Water (KeTTHA) is working with the Malaysian Public Works Department, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government to green government hospitals, schools and offices.

“The government must take the lead and be a role model for others in adopting the “green concept” for building structures,” said Kui.

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