NEA Award Categories
- Category 1 : Energy Management
- Category 2 : Energy Efficient Building
- Category 3 : Renewable Energy
- Special Awards
Applications will be judged on their influence, longevity, uniqueness, and replicability, including energy savings and economic, environmental, and environmental impacts). Applicants must be able to present documentation of their operations from the past three years.
Malaysia’s Best Practices/Projects
i. Category 1 – Energy Management
| BUILDINGS | Small & Medium – Below 2,000 MWh/year |
| Large – Above 2,000 MWh/year | |
| INDUSTRIES | Small & Medium – Below 30 Million MJ/year |
| Large – Above 30 Million MJ/year |
To qualify, entrants must be able to demonstrate operations for the past 3 years and will be assessed for impact (energy saving, environmental and economic effect), sustainability, replicability and originality.
Participation in NEA is open to qualifying Malaysian companies able to demonstrate practices and/or projects in Energy Efficient Buildings.
Malaysia’s Best Practices/Projects
Category 2 – Energy Efficient Building
| GREEN BUILDINGS | · Small & Medium – GFA of 300m²- 5,000m² · Large – GFA of > 5,000m² • Green Residential – Individual landed houses · At least one full year of operation |
| EE DESIGNED BUILDINGS | · At least one full year of operation · Age of the building must not be more than 5 years |
| RETROFITTED BUILDINGS | · The age of the building must be at least 5 years’ old · 20% of the total energy consumption for active retrofit eg A/C retrofits · 10% of the total energy consumption for non A/C retrofit eg lamps, etc |
| TROPICAL BUILDING | · GFA > 500m² · Air conditioning area of less than 50% of total GFA · High emphasis on effective use of passive design · Excludes religious building |
| ZERO GREEN BUILDING | • ZEB Oriented : More than 30% energy saving (Renewable Energy excluded) • ZEB Ready : More than 40% energy saving (Renewable Energy excluded) • Nearly ZEB : More than 60% energy saving, include Renewable Energy • Net ZEB : 100% or more energy saving, include Renewable Energy |
Renewable Energy is further divided into 6 categories :
Local - Power system supply is provided and/or maintained by a national or provincial utility.
Power - Electricity is generated in remote areas with no electricity generation or delivery infrastructure from all renewable energy sources, including hydro. Participants in these awards develop and sustain practises for small low-voltage off-grid energy systems in various locations.
As part of efforts to recognise the significant role in raising awareness and for encouraging the adoption on sustainable practices, 3 categories of special award namely Energy Performance Contractors, Institute of Higher Learning and Sustainable Energy Financing are also announced.
Raising Awareness and Encouraging Adoption of Sustainable Practices
NEA 2023 Application Form
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