Practical insights on energy, building automation, and compliance for buildings and industry, by the Cobler team.
Compliance & IncentivesMS 1525 sets Malaysia’s baseline for non-residential building energy efficiency. Learn when it may be mandatory, the OTTV, roof, lighting and chiller checks, who owns each task, and what evidence to keep.
Compliance & IncentivesIndicative RM per kWp ranges for commercial rooftop solar in Malaysia, what actually sits inside a quote, and the two numbers that decide your payback. Plus why solar cuts kWh but rarely your maximum demand charge.
Compliance & IncentivesA practical breakdown of ISO 50001 certification cost in Malaysia: gap assessment, consultant support, internal man-days, certification body audit fees and surveillance audits, plus what makes the number drop.
Compliance & IncentivesIndicative Malaysian ranges for walkthrough, detailed and measurement-heavy energy audits, plus the site factors that move a quote and the line items every proposal should itemise.
Compliance & IncentivesA practical guide to the Industry Code of Practice on Indoor Air Quality 2010: who it covers, what employers must do, the acceptable limits, and how continuous monitoring keeps an office inside them between assessments.
Compliance & IncentivesWhat an IAQ assessment involves under Malaysia's ICOP IAQ 2010: when one is warranted, who is competent to conduct it, the parameters sampled and the limits they are measured against. Plus the limitation nobody mentions, which is that conditions drift the day after the assessor leaves.
Compliance & IncentivesGITA 2.0 and GTFS 5.0 close 31 December 2026; the Automation Capital Allowance runs to 2027. A decision guide for Malaysian CFOs, with stacking rules and a worked RM1 million example.
Compliance & IncentivesGTFS 5.0 gives Malaysian firms RM1 billion of CGC-guaranteed bank financing for energy-efficiency retrofits, but it closes 31 December 2026 or when the pool runs out. Stack it with EACG and GITA before all three windows shut.
Compliance & IncentivesThe EACG is open for 2026: SEDA pays up to RM100,000 per industrial site and RM60,000 per commercial building for an energy audit. Here is what the conditions really commit you to, and how to prepare.