Journal Articles by Heoyshin Loo
Malaysia started to adopt Green Building Index (GBI) in 2009 and it indicated that the constructi... more Malaysia started to adopt Green Building Index (GBI) in 2009 and it indicated that the construction development in Malaysia is moving towards green building constructions. However, the coverage for these Green Buildings (GB) still remain as conventional property insurance, which does not provide comprehensive coverage on the status of the GB. Strategic planning need to be carried out in order to implement Green Insurance in Malaysia. Therefore, this paper aims to study the strategies that could implement GI effectively into Malaysia. Qualitative research method was adopted in this study and the research design is exploratory, since the novelty of the research and Malaysia still does not have green insurance for GB. Moreover, the qualitative data is collected from the interview sessions with top management from insurance companies. This paper provides the insights of the possible strategic strategies for implementation of GI for GB in Malaysia. There are five main strategies for implementation of GI in Malaysia's Insurance Industry for GB in Malaysia. Although some of the respondents disagree on the strategies proposed, the researcher concluded that all of the strategies have their own role in driving the implementation of GI in Malaysia. Introduction Malaysia started to adopt Green Building Index (GBI) in 2009 as an effort in contributing to reduce the negative impact of constructions towards the environment. Green Building Index (2017) states that there is a total of 765 buildings applied to be certified by GBI in Malaysia. Among these 765 buildings, 396 buildings have obtained the certification. Therefore, it shows that the construction industry in Malaysia starts to move towards sustainability construction and buildings. However, the current Green Buildings (GB) development in Malaysia faces an issue from the insurance perspective. Although recently GB start to appear in the market, their insurance coverage remains the same as conventional commercial property insurance, which does not offer the real coverage on the status of GB. Therefore, a specially design policy for these buildings is essential.
Bone scaffold is used to aid the regenerative of human organ tissues that caused by a bone fractu... more Bone scaffold is used to aid the regenerative of human organ tissues that caused by a bone fracture. Bone fracture is normally caused by the exertion of exceeding force to the bone that could not be borne or due to bone disease such as osteoporosis. Hence, the use of bone scaffold is needed to provide comfort to a patient and to slowly replace the metal plate for bone implants. Since there is demand in the market for an effective bone scaffold design, the objective of this research is to study the application of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and bone scaffold design in medical application as well as to compare the effectiveness of several materials for its application. Four design of bone scaffolds had been proposed and simulated for compression test and torsional test. A CAD software was used to design bone geometrical structure. In order to select the best bone scaffold design, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used as the method to assist in the selection process. Based on the comparative analysis of different design, it was found that Design 1 was the best design. This was mainly due to its geometrical feature that permits higher strength compared to the other geometrical structure of the design. Furthermore, this research compares three different types of materials, namely Alumina Bio-ceramic, Bio-active Glasses and Calcium Phosphate Bio-ceramic. The comparative analysis showed that the best material was Alumina Bio-ceramic. This material has the highest strength compared to other materials due to its capability to sustain the force exerted on it and hence fulfil the priority setting of choosing the material with the highest strength as the main criteria. However, this material is the most expensive material compared to other two materials. Abstrak Perancahtulang digunakan untuk membantu penjanaan semula tisu-tisu organ manusia yang disebabkan oleh kepatahan tulang. Kepatahan tulang biasanya disebabkan oleh kepenatan melebihi kuasa ke tulang yang tidak dapat ditanggung atau penyakit tulang seperti osteoporosis. Oleh itu, penggunaan perancah tulang diperlukan untuk memberi keselesaan kepada pesakit dan perlahan-lahan menggantikan plat logam untuk implan tulang. Oleh kerana ada permintaan di pasaran untuk reka bentuk yang berkesan perancah tulang, objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji penggunaan Additive Pembuatan (AM) dan reka bentuk tangga-tangga tulang dalam aplikasi perubatan dan juga untuk membandingkan keberkesanan beberapa bahan-bahan untuk permohonan. Empat reka bentuk perancah tulang telah dicadangkan dan simulasi untuk ujian mampatan dan ujian kilasan. Perisian CAD digunakan untuk mereka bentuk struktur tulang geometri. Dalam usaha untuk memilih reka bentuk terbaik perancah tulang, Proses Analisis Hierarki (AHP) telah digunakan sebagai kaedah untuk membantu dalam proses pemilihan. Berdasarkan analisis perbandingan, didapati bahawa Design 1 adalah reka bentuk yang terbaik. Ini adalah disebabkan oleh ciri-ciri geometri mereka yang membenarkan kekuatan yang lebih tinggi berbanding dengan struktur geometri yang lain reka bentuk. Tambahan pula, kajian ini membandingkan tiga jenis bahan, iaitu Alumina Bio-seramik, Kaca Bio-aktif dan Kalsium Fosfat Bio-seramik. Analisis perbandingan menunjukkan bahawa bahan terbaik adalah Alumina Bio-seramik. Bahan ini mempunyai kekuatan paling tinggi berbanding dengan bahan-bahan lain kerana keupayaan untuk mengekalkan daya yang dikenakan ke atasnya dan dengan itu memenuhi keutamaan suasana yang kekuatan sebagai tujuan Kedudukan utamanya. Walau bagaimanapun, bahan ini adalah bahan yang paling mahal Kata kunci: Pembuatan Pantas (AM) , rekabentuk perancah tulang, pemilihan bahan, Proses Analisis Hierarki (AHP)
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Quality Function Deployment for Bioplastics Adoption in Malaysian Industry, 2015
Plastic have transformed our everyday life and their usage is increasing with about 50 percent of... more Plastic have transformed our everyday life and their usage is increasing with about 50 percent of plastics is used for single-use disposable applications. However, carbon-based plastics have brought a lot of environmental issues, such as global warming, greenhouse effect and air pollution. Hence, bio plastics are introduced and they are manufactured from renewing raw materials which may help lower the dependency on mineral fuels and plastics waste. Quality Function Development (QFD) model is the technique that is based on the analysis of the clients’ requirements which normally are expressed in qualitative terms. QFD is divided into four phases: product development, product design. Process preparation and process control. Customers are looking for substitute of petrochemical plastics due to the concern of the nature that petrochemical plastic when disposed of and burned can release toxic pollutants. Besides, think of the raw materials used, European also consider about the sustainable food chain from bio plastic. After getting the customer requirements, QFD led to study on the characteristics of bio plastic. This step is to understand how the need can be satisfied and ask ‘why; until they truly understand what the root need. Further on, the degree of correlation between the selected characteristics was shown in the correlation matrix. The characteristics that taking account refer to the commodity and comfort in use, the shape of the package, temperature at distribution, trade mark, labeling and the possibility to correlate the ration price/ quantity. Awareness in using bio plastics can be witnessed in many developed countries where a wide range of favorable initiatives is put into action, including government policies, research and development and the industrial promotion.
Keywords: Bio plastics, Environmental issues, Quality Function Development (QFD), Sustainable
Ahmad Shamsuddin, D. M., Chew, B.C. and Loo, H. S. 2015. Quality Function Deployment for Bioplastics Adoption in Malaysian Industry. Journal of Technology Management and Business vol.2 no.2
http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/jtmb/article/view/1139
Conference Papers by Heoyshin Loo
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Sustainable land public transportation (SLPT) aims to promote a better and healthier ways of meet... more Sustainable land public transportation (SLPT) aims to promote a better and healthier ways of meeting individual and community needs. Even though sufficient land public transportation have been provided at Ayer Keroh, Malacca but the level of usage among the community is still low as there is the growth in traffic. Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (HTJMC) is responsible to identify the most appropriate strategies to manage the issues regarding SLPT in order to support of the Malacca state vision becoming Green Technology State in the year 2020. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine the strategies involve in building a SLPT, which may enhance the community’s welfare. Thus, the proposed theoretical framework is to demonstrate the strategies towards building a SLPT, which can cater issues within the municipal council area. In this qualitative research, an in-depth focus group have been conducted to obtain the primary data. Thirteen (13) executives from HTJMC involved. This study brings a new paradigm in transforming land public transportation at Ayer Keroh to enhance the community welfare. The result found that land use development as the most significant strategy in SLPT, meanwhile the implementation program is the least strategy involved in building a SLPT at Ayer Keroh. Future research requires more information on the factors of implementing of SLPT so that HTJMC can plan an effective SLPT thorough the demand as the data may indicate numbers of passengers who really support to the implementation of SLPT.
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Green building construction is growing tremendously globally even in Malaysia. Currently, there a... more Green building construction is growing tremendously globally even in Malaysia. Currently, there are approximate 636 buildings have registered and to be certified with Green Building Index. Among these buildings, 45 buildings have already fulfilled the requirements and fully certified. The other buildings still under provisional certification stage. Malaysia had adopted Green Building Index in 2009 to support a move to promote green building concept. Malaysia starts to move towards green building because Malaysian construction and building industry realizes that both energy consumed and waste produced are reduced without irreversible impacts to ecosystems. Consequently, insurance companies such as Fireman’s Fund from America has started the green building insurance policies for their green building in the year of 2006, while Malaysia still remain the coverage for green buildings using conventional property insurance. There are lacks of efforts to be seen from insurance companies to propose green building insurance for these green buildings. There are a few factors which can take into consideration for insurance companies to start the very first green building insurance in Malaysia. Although there are challenges, some efficient strategies have been identified to overcome the problems. The methods used in this research topic is qualitative research. The results obtained shows that green commercial building insurance has a huge business opportunity in Malaysia because the number of green commercial buildings are increasing tremendously in Malaysia. It is a favor to implement green building insurance in Malaysia. Furthermore, insurance companies can consider to add in extra coverage in standard building policy to provide extra protection for non-certified green buildings which have the intention to rebuilt in green when damage happens. Generally, it is very important to introduce green commercial buildings insurance into Malaysia so that all of the green commercial buildings can be fully covered.
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Ayer Keroh Toll that under the administration of Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (HTJMC) is the ... more Ayer Keroh Toll that under the administration of Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (HTJMC) is the main entrance for the people to enter to the city from North-South Expressway. This situation causes congestion to happen in this area especially during weekend and holiday and lead to air pollution. Hence, it is important to solve this problem beginning with the transport system and brings the city toward the sustainable way by learning the foreign city experience. In this research, the researchers start to revise the case study from foreign city councils on what and how they improve their cities transport system in term of sustainability. There are total of 17 case studies been studied including the cities that recognize with Sustainable Transport Award (STA) and other special activity and event that held worldwide. These cases studied are merged with the behavioral modification. There are four methods of changing behavior: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment and extinction. Besides, the data from the administrative staff (HTJMC’s officer) also important to success the planning. There are 16 officers that involved in this research and the data that obtained is used as the primary data resources. By knowing the behavioral modification and suggestion that brought by each case studies, the researchers will conclude whether the solution practicable in Ayer Keroh, Melaka or not. Throughout the research, the researchers can conclude that the not all the foreign experience is practical in Ayer, Keroh, Melaka due to the problem of weather, culture and technology that available in the city. The experience from foreign city cannot be exactly to implement in the city but need to redesign to match culture in the city.
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The basic function of an international airport is an aerodrome, provides not only the facilities ... more The basic function of an international airport is an aerodrome, provides not only the facilities for flights management, but also for customs and passport control. Nowadays, most of the international airports have established commercial outlets for food, products and services. As such, these airports are built with larger scale and more sophisticated on both infrastructure and infostructure which aim to be the most extensive air-travel service providers that connect the nations to the international gateways. Looking at the daily operations of an international airport, the energy consumption is apprehended to be enormous. Besides, knowing the fact that reliance on fossil fuels to power the airport buildings and to run the operations daily, this has led to many negative socioenvironmental implications. To date, some of the world major international airports have begun in renewable energy adoption-which mainly focused on solar energy as a way to reduce fossil energy consumption and towards greenhouse gases reduction. Inspired by thinking differently since solar energy has been adopted in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in 2014, through this study we proposed another form of renewable energy-piezoelectric technology adoption into our KLIA as a feasibility study. We believe that piezoelectric technology could complement the renewable energy mix, by tapping the crowd kinetic energy gathered internally in the airport buildings particularly at a few main entrances. Hence, the objectives of this study are (a) to examine the potential factors that will foster piezoelectric tiles adoption at KLIA and (b) to propose the ways for KLIA in speeding up piezoelectric tiles adoption within the airport terminals. The case study on the Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad (MAHB which manages the KLIA) was based on primary data collected through a series of qualitative focus group conducted on 14 (8 senior managers and 6 technical professionals) who were interested and supportive of this research project. Besides, secondary data are reviewed to obtain more comprehensive understanding on the KLIA operations and to triangulate the primary data collected. The research began in September 2014 and completed in June 2016. The main reason we opted for qualitative studies is to comply with the criteria of inductive approach, whereby to validate this feasibility study. As a conclusion, there is possibility for piezoelectric tiles adoption at KLIA. The financial factor of the piezoelectric tiles is the conditional factor which has to be redesigned in order to attain the objective of good return on investment. What we strongly believe, once the piezoelectric tiles have been adopted in KLIA, this innovation would put a big leap for KLIA and MAHB, one step closer towards materialising a greener Malaysian international airport.
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Journal Articles by Heoyshin Loo
Keywords: Bio plastics, Environmental issues, Quality Function Development (QFD), Sustainable
Ahmad Shamsuddin, D. M., Chew, B.C. and Loo, H. S. 2015. Quality Function Deployment for Bioplastics Adoption in Malaysian Industry. Journal of Technology Management and Business vol.2 no.2
http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/jtmb/article/view/1139
Conference Papers by Heoyshin Loo
Keywords: Bio plastics, Environmental issues, Quality Function Development (QFD), Sustainable
Ahmad Shamsuddin, D. M., Chew, B.C. and Loo, H. S. 2015. Quality Function Deployment for Bioplastics Adoption in Malaysian Industry. Journal of Technology Management and Business vol.2 no.2
http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/jtmb/article/view/1139