Copyright © 2018 Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (4.35) (2018) 442-448 International Journal of Engineering & Technology Website: www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJET Research paper Framework for Green School Model Development in Malaysia Sivasanghari Karunakaran 1 *, Renuga Verayiah 2 1&2 Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Putrajaya Campus, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. *Corresponding author E-mail: Sivasanghari24@gmail.com Abstract In parallel to global modernization especially in developing country like Malaysia, the urging for energy consumption conservation un- waveringly increases. The initiative of implementing the green building concept and practices is being developed to promote the sustain- able development of global society at many levels. Green school model is among the initiatives being explored in this paper. In Malaysia, currently there is no significant studies or guidelines have been developed for green school model development. Thus, the aim of this paper is to review and analyze the requirement for green school model establishment which ultimately will act as a guideline for the im- plementation of green school model in Malaysia. To achieve this, study on general rules adopted to assess the green school model devel- opment by various countries is ventured. In particular, the focus is based on the energy efficiency, water efficiency, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting efficiency, visual health, acoustics, and space utilization. The challenges for the development of green school model in Malaysia is also highlighted. Detailed review on the recent Malaysia’s policies and energy development plan is presented. The outcome of this study is a framework for green school model development in Malaysia addressing one of the prime key subject which is the lighting efficiency and its impact towards students’ performance. Keywords: Green school; Green building guideline; Sustainability; Energy efficiency 1. Introduction Rapid industrialization and development of town leads to increase in global warming in which greenhouse gas emission has led to harmful consequences to living organisms in the world. Emission of greenhouse gas increases the energy consumption. International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasted that in 2030, the energy con- sumption will reach 40 percent higher compared to the energy demand in 2007 [1]. In Malaysia, the electrical energy consump- tion has increased up to 30 percent in the ten years’ period from 2000 to 2010. Increase in energy consumption will lead to in- crease in the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, thus causes world climate changes. On the other hand, looking into the Eleventh Malaysia Plan, it is predicted that by 2020, the GHG emission will be reduced by up to 40 percent through the govern- ment initiatives towards green growth [2]. Therefore, in parallel to global modernization especially in developing country like Malay- sia, the urging for energy consumption unwaveringly increases in order to reduce the GHG emission. Therefore, successful imple- mentation of energy efficiency requires the participation of the building construction sector including in schools. Thus, the initiative of implementing the green building concept and practices is being developed to promote the sustainable devel- opment of global society especially in school level. Schools are educational institution for learner societies including both teachers and students. In Malaysia, our children spend more hours in school, for 9 to 10 months in a year [3]. Therefore, apart from the quality of education, the quality of life of the learner communities must be considered in assessing their achievement. In order to achieve the aim of environmentally more sustainable building, the design of green school model must be adapted in the school con- struction in Malaysia. Green school construction tends to provide a more productive, comfortable and healthier environment for study and work for the learner societies. It will reduce the con- sumption of energy resources in the operational phase which are being maintained based on three criteria including environmental, economic and social sustainability. This is attained through im- portant components that formed green school model including the school building envelope, orientation and indoor environmental quality [3]. Taking that into account, since the green school environment con- tributes students’ achievement and outcome, the aim of this paper is to execute a study on the green school model in the scope of Malaysia and develop a framework which will act as a guideline. This paper also focuses on the description and nature of green school model and the benefits of incorporating in academic con- struction sector. It also presents a general rule adopted by other countries to assess the green school model; in particular, the study is based on the energy efficiency, water efficiency, thermal com- fort, indoor air quality, lighting efficiency, visual health, acoustics, and space utilization. In addition, the challenges for the choice of green school model in Malaysia and other countries are also dis- cussed in this study. This article is organized into 7 sections. In the next section, a re- view of the green school model is presented. In Section 3, the guidelines to green school model are given. In Section 4, the chal- lenges to green school model are discussed, while in Section 5, current scenario on existing green building initiatives are re- viewed. Section 6 discusses on the proposed framework for green school model in Malaysia. Finally, Section 7 presents the conclu- sions and future works.