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ASSOCIATE PROF. SR DR. NOOR SUZAINI BINTI MOHAMED ZAID

Department of Building Surveying

Faculty of Built Environment

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Suzaini M. Zaid is currently teaching at the Department of Building Surveying in the Faculty of Built Environment and was the first EcoCampus Coordinator in Universiti Malaya. Suzaini holds a PhD in Planning and Urban Development from the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales. Suzaini was part of the testing of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI)’s Common Carbon Metric and Protocol in the Malaysian context through her PhD research. 
 
Her current research interest focuses on green intervention strategies through vertical greenery systems, operational energy, and user behaviour, which accumulated in multiple journal publications and her first book titled “Human Impact on Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation in the Built Environment”. She has teaching experience in the fields of building surveying, urban planning, and sustainable development. 
 
Suzaini is also a professionally certified Green Building Index (GBI) Facilitator and a Malaysian Carbon Reduction and Environmental Sustainability Tool (MyCREST) Qualified Professional. She is determined to positively impact the built environment through green interventions to address the existential crisis of climate change.

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EVALUATING SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GREEN RETROFIT RATING TOOLS (GBI, GREENRE, AND PENARAFAN HIJAU JKR) OF EDUCATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING IN UNIVERSITI MALAYA
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Penyelidikan Untuk Pensijilan Green Building Index (gbi) Bagi Bangunan-bangunan Di Universiti Malaya (um) A Study Of Certification Of Um Buildings For Green Building Index (gbi)
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Transforming Universiti Malaya Towards A Carbon Neutral Campus
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2025

DIVERGING PERSPECTIVES ON ENERGY PERFORMANCE GAPS IN GREEN BUILDINGS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS

2025

COMPREHENDING DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: A REVIEW OF BUILD BACK BETTER AND BUILD BETTER BEFORE

2025

A NARRATIVE REVIEW TO ACHIEVE NET-ZERO ENERGY HOMES IN MALAYSIA

2025

KEY CAUSES AND DRIVERS OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE GAPS IN MALAYSIAN NON-RESIDENTIAL GREEN BUILDINGS

2023

SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS: IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE FOR TROPICAL CLIMATE

2021

Human Impact on Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation in The Built Environment

2016

Total Building Performance.

2025

Vertical Plants Intervention to Fight Climate Change

2019

Integration of Simulated Teaching and Learning Approach in Enhancing Building By Laws Approval Knowledge for Building Surveying Undergraduate Students

2017

Carbon Abatement Module for University of Malaya Eco-Campus: Addressing Urban Heat Island and Climatic Change Impact

2017

Environment and Sustainability in Tropical Region