10th Management in Construction Researchers (MiCRA) Conference 2011 July, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia THE GREEN BUILDING INDEX (GBI) ON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCOPE OF WORKS Norhanis Diyana Nizarudin Department of Landscape Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture & Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. norhanisdiyana@gmail.com Mohd. Ramzi Mohd. Hussain & Izawati Tukiman Department of Landscape Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture & Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ramzie97@hotmail.com & izawati@iiu.edu.my ABSTRACT The Green Building Index (GBI) is a green rating system introduced by the Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) to evaluate the performance of building across a broad range of environmental considerations. Apart from evaluating the building’s performance, the landscape design aspect has become a major part and parcel from the overall GBI assessment through the criteria of open spaces, landscaping and heat island effect. The paper is intend to highlight the review on the relationship of the GBI with the landscape architecture scope of works as well as the important roles played by the landscape architects from the Islamic point of view. It is hoped that this paper may possibly be an added knowledge about the GBI and the landscape architecture field and also as the key indicator towards enhancing the urban environment sustainability in the aspect of technology. Keywords: The GBI, landscape architecture, roles, green technology 1.0 INTRODUCTION Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land which involve physical elements of landforms and water bodies as well as living elements like human beings and wildlife. Combining both the physical origins and the cultural overlay of human presence, landscape reflects the living interface of people and place which is very vital to shape up local and national identity. Through various, unique and distinctive characters and qualities, landscape helps to define the self-image and speciality of space, structures and region since the ancient civilization epoch (Fruehwirth, 2008). From the base idea on how landscape interacts and works, the field of landscape architecture is progressively evolved all around the world including Asia. It deals with the design of outdoor and public spaces in order to achieve environmental, socio-behavioural as well as aesthetic outcomes (Dzarul Hardy Azwar, 2005). Besides, it involves various scopes of work at varying scales of project such as urban design, site planning, town or urban planning, environmental restoration, parks and recreation planning, green infrastructure planning and lots more. As a multi-disciplinary field in built environment industry, landscape architecture is not just merely dealing with plantings but it incorporates wide range of field such as architecture, ecology, environmental sciences, geology, art and many more (Dzarul Hardy Azwar, 2005).