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Terrace they said no. I asked them how can be called eco if even this simple rainwater harvesting is not there? SA just smiled, dunno what else to say.


This post has been edited by sarled: Jun 5 2014, 08:24 AM

They could have priced this into their selling price and people wouldn't complain as it fits into their "eco" model. As it stands, eco is now nothing but a name......... nothing functional.

I could have, but I knew it would have changed nothing. So I felt a little cheated by the name and decided not to buy instead.

The eco in their name should imply environmental sustainability or at least some sort of energy efficiency. I saw minimal of these.

Yup. Please don't take the literal meaning of the word cheat as what I meant. It's the expression

Terrace houses should be targeted for energy efficiency as they have the most units for sale in this development. I didn't see rainwater harvesting, natural ventilation (even toilets are mechanically vented) designs, skylights, extra height water tanks (no need for pumping in upstairs showers) or heat insulation efforts. I think they will provide solar water heaters though.

Agree with you, everything comes at a price. Just wished they had stuck to the eco concept that they were so excited to sell with.

I wanted to even test their environmental sustainability concept by asking where they would source their construction materials, how many % recycled materials, whether they will use their run-off water ponds for environmental purpose etc......... but I decided there was no way they could have answered me, so I didn't..

This post has been edited by sarled: Jun 5 2014, 09:10 AM

You are right. But I just wished these concepts were included in the house designs to begin with.

As we also know, most buyers in Msia are also not interested (just read what we forummers talk about at LYN) . Nobody even blinked an eyelid when the brand so proudly called ECOmajestic had nothing ecological to offer/sell to us. Sad actually.

A good start would be if the Ecomajestic project subscribed to the GBI Malaysia rating standard. The sales people didn't tell me that they did, so I assumed that they didn't (and then I left.......). If you read the attached you will find that for a new residential project both site sustainability and building energy efficiency are most valued. These two didn't seem to be mentioned or promoted by many people, whether in here or at the sales office. Correct me if I was mistaken.




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