Kuala Lumpur’s international finance and trading hub focuses on sustainable development

Introduction

Malaysia's new international finance and trading hub, the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), is committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 40%. From the get-go, the metropolis was designed to align with Kuala Lumpur’s 2020 objectives with wastewater treatment and reuse proving to be fundamental to the sustainable mission of the project.

TRX is poised to become a world-class international trading hub, centrally located in the capital, encompassing over 70 acres of commercial, leisure, and cultural spaces, along with residential areas. In 2014, our experts partnered with TRX City Sdn Bhd in a 20-year agreement to support this initiative.

From its initial conception, TRX was always set to be an impressive financial district. Beyond this, it has placed a strong emphasis on sustainable development. Thanks to cutting-edge energy, water and waste management technologies, the TRX development project is also set to be a world-class example of sustainable city design.

The wastewater treatment plant has been operating 24/7 since early 2020, processes sewage to produce recycled water for the entire development while achieving over 98% network efficiency and reducing water demand by over 50%.

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