Jeffrey Cheah (middle) with Ismail Bin Muhamad (left) and MPSJ council president Datuk Nor Hisham Bin Ahmad Dahlan (right)

PETALING JAYA: Sunway Property recently bagged the prestigious Low Carbon City Award at the ninth Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) Awards for Planning Excellence.

According to statement, The Low Carbon City Award recognises projects that implement low carbon city initiatives promoted within the Malaysian Government’s Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) 2011. It aims to highlight initiatives that demonstrate efforts in implementing LCCF and illustrate how the initiatives have helped reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

“Sunway City is indeed a role-model for urban planning. The transformation of what was previously a mining wasteland into Malaysia’s first sustainable township, as recognised by the Malaysian Green Building Index in 2012, was spectacular.

“What is even more compelling is the developer’s sterling commitment to continue to pursue a zero-carbon agenda, more than 30 years after the conception of the master plan; a testament indeed to its commitment to making Malaysia sustainable for our communities,” said Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) director of planning department Ismail Bin Muhamad, who nominated the Sunway City integrated township for the award.

“We are humbled by this recognition as being the first LCCF township in the nation to win this prestigious award. Through our unique Build-Own-Operate business model, we are driving Sunway City towards becoming an even more effective low-carbon city in various ways for the benefit of our current and future communities,” said Sunway Group founder and chairman Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, who received the award.

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