SUMISAUJANA secures dual LEED Silver certifications for industrial facilities in Puncak Alam

Puncak Alam, Selangor – SUMISAUJANA, a leading Malaysian specialist in high-performance construction and industrial chemicals, has achieved LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction Silver certification for its new Office and Warehouse development in Puncak Alam, marking a significant milestone in the company’s sustainability journey.

A client using science to drive environmental performance

SUMISAUJANA’s core business is built on chemistry that improves the durability and performance of buildings and infrastructure. Extending that same performance mindset to its own facilities, the company asked for industrial buildings that would:

  • operate with significantly reduced energy demand

  • minimise potable water use

  • manage stormwater and site impacts responsibly

  • provide healthy, daylit and thermally comfortable environments for staff

At Lot 41735, the design focuses on efficient warehousing and logistics with a controlled office environment. The building envelope and systems were optimised to lower energy demand, while outdoor potable water use is removed from the design and indoor consumption is reduced through efficient fixtures. Rainwater is managed on site and habitat is protected or restored, so the facility behaves as a managed environmental system rather than a typical hard-paved industrial plot.

The Lot 41736 Office, R&D and Warehouse facility applies the same discipline at a larger scale. Here, office functions, laboratories and warehouse zones are integrated within a single LEED Silver certified building. The project improves energy performance and implements strong measures for rainwater management, light pollution control and habitat protection.

Daylight, thermal comfort and air-quality provisions support scientific and engineering work alongside industrial operations.

Across both sites, material choices reflect life-cycle and sourcing considerations, aligning the physical fabric of the buildings with SUMISAUJANA’s focus on long-term durability and responsible performance.

NEAPOLI’s role

NEAPOLI was employed for both projects, providing LEED strategy, energy modelling, environmental simulations and full documentation. The consultancy approach treated energy and water as design variables to be optimised rather than as checklist items, ensuring that the LEED outcomes reflect real operational improvements rather than purely theoretical intent.

A portfolio signal, not a one-off gesture

Achieving LEED Silver on two neighbouring facilities of different typologies shows that SUMISAUJANA is pursuing sustainability at portfolio level, not as a single showcase building. One facility is a focused office-and-warehouse hub; the other adds research and development functions. Both now operate within independently verified environmental performance limits.

For an industrial and construction-chemicals company, this sends a clear message to clients, regulators and partners:

  • operational growth is being aligned with quantifiable reductions in energy, water and environmental impact
  • scientific rigour is being applied to the built assets that support the business, not only to the products it supplies

At NEAPOLI, our purpose is to enhance the performance and extend the life of the built environment, grounding every decision in data, simulation and engineering rather than slogans.

The two LEED Silver certifications in Puncak Alam show what is possible when this mindset is shared. They prove that industrial buildings, warehouses and research facilities can be efficient, comfortable and environmentally responsible at the same time, provided the ambition is clear and consistent.

On the SUMISAUJANA projects, we approached sustainability as an optimisation process, not an image to project. These facilities now define the baseline of performance we aim to deliver with all our clients, and I am deeply grateful to SUMISAUJANA, the wider project teams and my colleagues at NEAPOLI for making that standard a reality.

Official LEED project listings
Lot 35 SUMISAUJANA Office & Warehouse:
http://gbig-ruby-2.gbig.org/activities/leed-1000212171
Office, R&D and Warehouse at Lot 41736:
http://gbig-ruby-2.gbig.org/activities/leed-1000212173