This paper investigates the effectiveness of using fiber cement weatherboard as a sustainable building material in Traditional Chalets at the Belum Rainforest Resort in Perak, Malaysia to conserve nature. The paper studies how the selection of materials at the design stage can impact the long-term sustainability of a building and its effects on nature. It reviews literature on fiber cement weatherboard and identifies it as a green material that is attractive, low maintenance, and can provide benefits over other materials like PVC or wood by being rot resistant and easy to install while maintaining a natural appearance. The conclusion is that fiber cement weatherboard is a sustainable material that can effectively conserve nature by promoting built environments without negative impacts on the natural environment.

1. Name:Ling Teck Ong
ID : 0303127
Title: Effectivenessof Fiber Cement Weatherboard as sustainablebuilding
material toreduce the consumptionof resources fromnature usedin
Traditional Chalet,BelumRainforest Resorttoconserve nature.
Abstract
This paper investigated on effectiveness of fiber cement weatherboard used in Traditional
Chalet, Belum Rainforest Resort to conserve nature is to identify the types of materials selected
at the design stage of building and the impact on its longer-term sustainability fundamentally,
in the meantime to enhanced nature without harmful effects. It is important to study and
understand green materials which able to help in conserving nature effectively because building
material being one of important features to the sustainable architecture, and also the
consideration of its impacts to our nature over the life of the product. Built environment can be
enhanced without harmful effects by considering the use of sustainable building material in
building construction. In assisting the validation of research, literature reviews based on various
sources regarding fiber cement weatherboard as sustainable building material were conducted
to enhance the process. In order to provide a wider variation of research, it is important to
deliberate on contexts that can showcase the effectiveness of fiber cement weatherboard, in
which Traditional Chalet (‘Kampung House’), Belum Rainforest Resort, Perak are taken to
represent it as the provinces. Fiber cement Weatherboard is kind of green material used in
Traditional Chalet. Fiber cement Weatherboard is an autoclaved fiber cement plank
manufactured from a mixture of cement, organic fillers and water. Fiber cement weatherboard
is a material that is attractive, low maintenance and alternative to PVCu and wood. This
material has the visual appeal of natural timber, resistance to rot and easy to install. By using
this kind of material, the built environment can be promoted without negative effects on the
natural environment. Hence, it has come to a conclusion that fiber cement weatherboard is a
sustainable building material that provides a lot of advantages that able to conserve nature
effectively. It is personal point of views that many aspects of effectiveness of sustainable
building material used to conserve nature can be discovered though research on these two case
studies.