OSC MBPJ PIONEERING THE GATEWAY OF DEVELOPMENT

PJ : LOW CARBON GREEN CITY

Experience of Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) in Implementing

Local Agenda 21 (LA21): Successes, Challenges and

Opportunities

Lee Lih Shyan Secretariat, Low Carbon Green City Task Force Of PJ

26th Nov. 2013

Background

• 2012 marking the 20th Anniversary of Agenda 21, a global blueprint of sustainable development concluded at the Rio Earth Summit, 1992

• It has been 13 years (2000-2012) for Local Agenda 21 implementation in Malaysia

• Where are we now? What are the new challenges for cities? What other cities Worldwide have been doing?

Inactive and

discontinue Partnership?

Organisational

Structure?

Why Planning

Department?

A Burden?

Financial?

Means of

Implementation?

LA 21:

Sustainable Development

& Participation

32 of 154 (21%) LA with the 2013 Sustainable

Cities Award for implementing MURNINET

Chief Minister of Selangor in his opening

remark for a TOD Conference in PJ on 4-11-2013 quoted that

even HOD did not know about LA 21

Manual Implementing LA

21 in Malaysia published in 2003

is not taken as reference?

NO formal institutionalization of LA 21

No amendment of legislations to facilitate LA 21 implementation at local level

No specific 4M (Manpower; Money; Methods; Machinery)

Attendees from LA to Rio+20 & pre / post

Rio+20 forum in Malaysia?

Where are we now after 21 years?

Existing Initiatives in Malaysia • Local Agenda 21 – Chapter 28, Agenda 21

– Partnership, Participation and Sustainable Development

– KPKT: PJ, Miri, Kuantan and Kerian

• Healthy City – Chapter 6, Agenda 21 – Ministry of Health: Kuching

• Integrated River Basin Management – Chapter 18, Agenda21 – DID: One State One River, MSMA

• Habitat Agenda – Chapter 10, Agenda 21 – KPKT

Implementing LA 21 in Malaysia

Successes Challenges

Will and competency in Institutionalising LA 21

The lack of private sector participation

The missing linkage: The need to strengthen

stakeholders of LA21

Financing LA21 & Resources Mobilisation

Inter-agency Relationships e.g.

Vertical and holizontal communication

Opportunities

21st Century is era of Cities

• Cities are incubators of change,

• Innovation incubators where the action is actually the case

• The level of governance is more close to the citizen

The Future We Want

Social

Economy

Environment

Government

Private Publlic

Is Local Agenda 21 still the best (/ ONLY) tool for local

sustainability?

Climate Change Agenda in PJ

Source: LCCF Manual, KeTTHA & MBPJ

1996

Local Agenda 21 was formally introduced to MBPJ by EPSM

MBPJ as Local Agenda 21 pilot project initiator

MBPJ introduced concept of Liveable City

MBPJ adopted LCCF Strategy Requirement of GB & RWHS

2010

2012

Earth Summit

2012, Rio+20

Green Apple Award For MBPJ’s Assessment Rebate Scheme

20

13

Liveable City of PJ

20

30

CAPAM Award for OKU

Green Neighbourhood Award on RWHS

SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK FOR GREEN CITY

COMMON CARBON METRIC

GREEN RATING TOOLS

ASPECTS

Urban Transportation Buildings Urban Infrastructure

Land Use Structure

Governance

Economy Services Transport & Mobility

Natural & Built Environment

GREEN CITY

Community Well Being

Equality & Diversity

GHG INDEX

LIVABILITY INDEX MISSION (40% GHG REDUCTION)

PERFORMANCE BASE

TARGET GAP/ STATUS

ROADMAP

Nat

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t To

ols

National Policy

Rating Tools

KEY ELEMENTS

Element of lifecycle costs

Sustainability framework for Green Cities

Source: LCCF Manual, KeTTHA

MBPJ Is here

Low Carbon Green City of PJ Task Force

Background 14th December 2010

MBPJ adopted the Low Carbon Cities Framework published by KeTTHA and MIP. Another milestone of continuing the Local Agenda 21 initiative for sustainable development

Membership •5 Councillors (Chairman: En. Khairul; Ahli: Pn Cynthia, En. Richard, Terrance, Hj Ghazali Daud) •Department of Planning, Engineering, Building, Health, Landscape, Treasury, Licensing, ICT, Secretariat, Procurement, Internal Audit, Legal, Complaint, PRO and OSC •NGO: MIP and CETDEM

AKTIVITIES OF LOW CARBON GREEN CITY OF PETALING

APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH ”GREEN” ELEMENTS

No. Conditions Imposed Total

Application 2010 - 2011

Total Application

2012

Application 2013

(Up to Sept)

1 Rain Water Harvesting System (SPAH) 418 117 93

2 Green Building Index (GBI) or other Schemes 61 16 13

3 Sustainable Drainage System (MASMA) 500 148 111

4 Planning Best Practice 2 Hect : 1000 people 10 2 4

5 Landscape Area 10% - 15% 62 26 24

6 LED Lighting (per scheme) 30 27 23

Total 1081 336 268

Design Futures : Green buildings and infrastructure – potential to reduce energy use, water use and

storm water runoff, and produce other benefits, such as improving Indoor Air Quality and supporting locally-sourced materials. Buildings typically account

for:• 72% of electricity consumption,• 39% of energy use,• 38% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions,• 40% of raw materials

use,• 30% of waste output (136 million tons annually), and• 14% of potable water consumption.

PJ Sentral Developer Puncak Wangi Sdn Bhd

Property Tax Rebate Scheme for Environmental Friendly Houses in Petaling Jaya

Actions • Application is opened to 100,000 house owners in Petaling Jaya • Rebate is evaluated by independent assessors based on 6 major criteria, namely energy, water, transportation, biodiversity, waste management and other initiatives

Achievements • Incepted in Year 2011, 49 applications were received in which a total of RM 18,184 was given. •The First Local Authority in Asia and Second in the World having similar scheme •Economic incentive rewarding green residents and to spur more local action • 71 application received in Year 2012 with

Behavourior Change criteria. A total of RM20,159 was given •105 application for Year 2013 (RM32,602)

Rain Water harvesting System

Household Waste Composting

Free 12 months Parking for hybrid car

purchasers from the showroom in Petaling Jaya

-

122 vehicle owners (Oct 2013)

Free Parking For Hybrid

Car Owners in PJ Scheme

No

Specifications

Conventional

LED

Saving

1 Electricity Tariff RM 0.312 RM 0.312 -

2 Operation Hour per

Day 12 hour 12 hour -

3 Operation Hour per

year 4,380 W 4,380 W -

4 Electricity

consumption per year 188.34 kW 56.94 kW 70%

5 Cost RM 58.77 RM 17.77 70%

Installation of LED Lightings at the Back Lane of Houses since 2012

103 houses

Recognition

•Sustainable Community Award since 2002

•“Tokoh Hijau” Award since 2011

INITIATIVES • 3R Programme

– Cooking oil recycling – Computer Recycling – Community Recycling Centre – Composting of organic waste

in Pasar Jalan Othman (28.8 tonnes since Mac 2013)

– Food Bank

• Greenery – Tree planting – Forestry conservation

• People with Disabilities – Technical Meeting of OKU • Town Hall Meeting for ALL Development Projects

and Budget Planning

INITIATIVES • E-Assessment System

– Cost saving, CO2 reduction, public convenient

– Risk of non-payment

Item Quantity Cost

Assessment Bill issued for each term 215,414 RM 155,464.28

Total Bill issues for Year 2011 430,828 RM 310,928.57

Existing House Owners make payment via e-banking

85,862 (19.9%)

House Owner paid full amount in the first term 27,994 (6.5%)

Assumption of 30% house owners agree not to receive bill

129,248

Saving of cost (RM0.7217 per bill) RM 93,278.28

Estimated CO2 reduction (0.145 kg CO2 per bill) 18.74 ton CO2

INITIATIVES

• Low Carbon MBPJ

– E-Meeting with digital copy of agenda

– No Plastic Day on every Friday

– No Bottled Drink

– Green Monday

– NGV operated vehicle and 1st hybrid car

– Green Building of MBPJ HQ and Mayor’s Residence

– Engine Off Zone in MBPJ premises

LCCF’S CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES

Talks, Training, Forum, Exhibition

Way Forwards

• Mainstreaming sustainable development in Local Authorities

• Creating networking and greater cooperation – Horizontal and Vertical

• Sharing and Learning of experiences

• Building capacity e.g. knowhow, resources

• Stakeholders engagement

• Promoting local initiatives

• Planning of a sustainable community & individual

Concluding Remarks

• Partnership and participation of all stakeholders and MBPJ must be enhanced for a Low Carbon Green City of Petaling Jaya

• Roles of NGOs including Rotary Club of PJ is important

Concluding Remarks

• Successes should be celebrated and shared, BUT best practices must be sustained, replicated and improved

• Challenges should be taken with integrated FUTURE solutions, Global Thinking and Local Actions

• Opportunities are plenty but need Innovation and Creativity as well as commitment from LA

THANK YOU

PJ TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OSC MBPJ PIONEERING THE GATEWAY OF DEVELOPMENT

PJ : LOW CARBON GREEN CITY