S P Setia Corp HQ takes Fiabci World sustainable development award

PANAMA CITY (May 25):  S P Setia Bhd’s Corporate Headquarters made Malaysia proud at the Fiabci Prix d’Excellence Awards 2016 held in the Central American city today.

The developer's Corporate Headquarters in Setia Alam’s Setia City commercial centre emerged the Gold winner in the Sustainable Development category.

This adds a global award to the already impressive string of awards the green building has received locally.

The building had earlier won the QLASSIC Excellence Award 2014 by the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia and The Edge-PAM Green Excellence Award 2015.

It had also received the Best Sustainable Development title at the Fiabci Malaysia Property Award 2015. Fiabci is the French acronym for The International Real Estate Federation.

“Winning this award proves that our commitment towards developing sustainable developments is being recognised not only locally but on the international level,” said an elated president and CEO Datuk Khor Chap Jen who received the award from Fiabci World President Danielle Grossenbacher.

Also at the awards night were other senior management and staff of S P Setia.

The corporate headquarters has a gross floor area of 363,798.64 sq ft and was developed on a 3.04-acre site.

It is a Malaysian Green Building Index – Platinum certified building; the first private sector-owned corporate office in Malaysia to be accorded the GBI Platinum rating.

Its green features include high-performance double glazing glass windows and louvres to reduce heat gain, an energy measurement system to gauge and manage energy and water usage, energy efficient lighting, solar panels, rainwater harvesting for landscape irrigation and a roof garden to reduce heat gain.

The developer’s flagship township of Setia Eco Park in Setia Alam was its first development that embraced eco concepts and sustainability.

“We never looked back since and across six countries where S P Setia has a presence, Setia’s developments are synonymous with eco and sustainability. They also incorporate our development philosophy of creating meaningful spaces for the community to live, learn, work and play.

“With that in mind, our Corporate HQ, being the core of everything that is S P Setia, represents our commitment to building a sustainable community for all,” Khor told TheEdgeProperty.com.

This is the seventh award for the developer at the Fiabci Prix D’Excellence Awards and its first in this category.

The awards this year saw 16 Gold winners and 13 Silver winners in 14 categories. The Fiabci World Prix d’Excellence Awards 2016 is held in conjunction with the Fiabci 67th World Real Estate Congress, which is being held from May 21 to 26.

It gathers real estate brokers, property and asset managers and developers from member countries around the world.

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