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The quarterly e-newsletter of the Green Building Index. Read each issue online or download the PDF.

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Latest issue · Issue 2026-03

The Relaunch Issue

July to September 2026 · 56 pages

Green Beats returns. NRNC Version 2.0 launches at a sold-out Datum GBI, Ir. Au Chong Hun explains what changed, the Deputy Minister's address in full, GBI Townhall 2026, four featured projects, and the registry statistics as of June 2026.

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Issue No. 2

The Platinum House

March 2018

Malaysia's emissions pledge and what it asks of buildings, a visit to the S11 House in Petaling Jaya, the country's first Platinum-rated home, and a hard look at polystyrene and its alternatives.

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Issue No. 1

Where It Began

April 2016

The first Green Beats: the 150 million square feet milestone, the Green Costs feature, success stories from Perdana Putra and Hotel Penaga, and the certification statistics of the day.

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