Greener system of cooling buildings may be set up in Tampines, paving the way for more eco-friendly towns
SINGAPORE: Several buildings in Tampines central may soon be retrofitted with a cooling system that is more energy efficient, after a feasibility study found that it could lead to a 17 per cent reduction in electricity consumption.
Jurong Island to serve as a ‘living’ test bed for sustainable technology
SINGAPORE: Jurong Island will serve as a “living” test bed for sustainable solutions for the first time, as the industrial estate transforms into a sustainable energy and chemicals park.
Xodus to design Petronas’ first CCS facility
PETRONAS has awarded energy consultancy Xodus the conceptual engineering design contract for the state-energy firm’s first complete CCS project.
Local offices being challenged to raise their energy efficiency
Your office is killing the planet. That’s according to the Cambodia Energy Efficiency Competition, an international group dedicated to promoting clean, green alternatives, starting with your workplace. It says cutting down on the excessive use of lighting and air conditioners could take a sizeable dent out of carbon dioxide emissions. To encourage companies to play […]
Green buildings: Why the benefits of retrofitting outweigh the costs
Architect Carl Elefante once quipped: “The greenest building is one that is already built.” It’s a bold statement, one that draws attention to how keeping and rejuvenating an old building for new uses avoids the carbon emissions that would otherwise be released in the process of demolishing and rebuilding
How technology can help us cope with global warming and climate change
With the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stating that climate change is widespread, rapidly increasing and intensifying, it has become even more obvious that we need to become more serious about how we think about the environment. But sometimes, it seems like nothing is changing, that nothing is being done to stop the […]
Green buildings: Reaching beyond energy efficiency to tackle embodied carbon
The buildings in which city dwellers work, live and play produce a huge chunk of climate-destroying global carbon emissions today. Making buildings greener — both in their construction and their running — could significantly affect the impact cities have on climate change.
Free programme to help S’pore employees adopt sustainable practices in the workplace
SINGAPORE – Running washing machines at full load instead of the usual half load. Taking the stairs instead of the lift. These are among 30 day-to-day behavioural changes that employees at Swissotel Merchant Court Singapore have made since 2017, helping the hotel to achieve 4 per cent energy savings a year.
