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Greentech House Competition (GTH) Mempromosikan Konsep Pelestarian Dalam Rekabentuk Rumah Hijau
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Mac – Majlis Makan Malam dan Penghargaan Pertandingan GreenTech House Competition 2011 (GTH 2011) telah berjaya disempurnakan oleh Y.B Datuk Seri Shaziman Bin Abu Mansor, Menteri Kerja Raya Malaysia dan turut dihadiri oleh YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang, Naib Canselor UTM serta pegawai-pegawai kanan UTM.
Pertandingan tersebut diadakan bersempena dengan Seminar ‘Biorenewable Sustainable House Design’ yang telah dianjurkan pada 3 hingga 4 Oktober 2011.
GTH 2011 merupakan anjuran Institut Pembangunan Bioproduk (IBD) dengan kerjasama Fakulti Alam Bina (FAB) dan BE-Basic, sebuah konsortium awam-swasta dari Netherlands.
Selain itu, GTH 2011 telah mendapat sokongan daripada Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre (MCSC) dan Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust (CMEDT) serta ditaja oleh The Youth Trust Foundation (Myharapan).
Pertandingan tersebut buat julung kalinya diadakan merupakan satu konsep pertandingan baru merekabentuk rumah untuk mempromosikan konsep pelestarian, penjimatan tenaga, penggunaan bahan binaan daripada sumber semulajadi dan penggunaan sumber tenaga alternatif dengan menggunakan bahan-bahan yang mempunyai nilai yang boleh diperbaharui.
Tujuan utama pertandingan ini diadakan adalah sebagai salah satu langkah bagi memacu semula perumahan bandar tropika yang disertai dengan infrastruktur yang lebih lestari. Penyertaan melibatkan mahasiswa bukan sahaja dari UTM malahan dari universit lain seperti UiTM dan USM.
Tempat pertama telah diungguli oleh dua kumpulan iaitu kumpulan Zenith Team dari UTM dan USM dan juga kumpulan Superhome dari UiTM Shah Alam dengan membawa pulang hadiah bernilai RM5000. Manakala, tempat kedua pula telah dimenangi oleh kumpulan Canterra dari UTM Kuala Lumpur dan kumpulan Seven dari UTM Johor Bahru dengan hadiah bernilai RM3000.
Sementara itu, pelbagai kategori telah dipertandingkan iaitu Persembahan Poster dan Video Terbaik, Adaptasi Paling Kreatif Terhadap Cabaran Yang Diberi, Rekabentuk Lestari Terbaik, Penggunaan Terbaik Bahan Bio-Boleh Diperbaharui, Aplikasi Kehendak Pengguna Terbaik serta Komunikasi Umum dan Laman Web Terbaik.
UTM Architecture Students Won Autodesk Malaysia Design Competition
UTM students capturing moment with Dato' Seri Mohamed Khalid Nordin at prize giving ceremony at Shah Alam.
JOHOR BAHRU, 20 February: CONGRATULATIONS!!!! UTM Architecture students have done it again!
In less than three months, as if the recent winning in the UAC Building Manufacture of Malaysia competition is not enough, UTM architecture students have once again made UTM proud. They have won another national competition, the AUTODESK MALAYSIA DESIGN COMPETITION 2011.
Besides grabbing the 1st, 3rd and two consolation prizes in the whiz and open categories, with additional two consolation prizes in the engineering categories, UTM students have indeed monopolized the awards.
The fourth and final year students have bagged lots of cash prizes home after being handed in more than RM5000.00 in total for their winning entries. Roughly, there were RM100,000 worth of cash and prizes have been offered, making the “ Autodesk competition offering the biggest incentives for students and lecturers in
the country” – said Prof Dr Mohd Hamdan Ahmad, the Executive Director of Institute Sultan Iskandar, who is also the chairman for the Secretariat of Autodesk Malaysia Design Competition 2011.
The AUTODESK MALAYSIA DESIGN COMPETITION 2011 was opened to Public Higher Institution in Malaysia such as Government Universities, Community Colleges and Polytechnics and recognized by MOHE, MQA and JPA. The use of Autodesk® software products is mandatory.
The design were judged based on the professional and skilful used of the software integrating several criteria including creativity and originality of design, green building and design principles that are consistent with the three selected themes, a) Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC): b) Manufacturing and Product (MID): and c) Media and Entertainment (M&E).
YB Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin, Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia officiated and presented the respective awards in the prize giving ceremony, which was held on 14thFeb at Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam. Also present was Dr Abu Hasan Ismail, the CEO of Prestariang Systems Sdn Bhd, whose company has actively involved and co-sponsored the event.
A total of twenty-one institutions have participated and eight hundred participants of lecturers and students from higher institutions, officers from the Ministry of Higher Education and several corporate members from the industries attended the event. By far, it has been a successful event, proudly commented by Prof Hamdan.
Topping the cherry on the cake on that Valentine’s day, UTM has also doubled shined itself when pronounced the institution with the most winning entries making it the highest institutional winner. UTM has beaten all twenty-one other higher institutions contenders such as Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), polytechnics and college communities.
Without a doubt, our architecture school shines – stands itself out, remains the best in country. Way to go Jabatan Senibina, Hooray!!
Source : news.utm.my
