NEA to raise minimum energy performance standards for four appliance types
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) will raise the minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for the four appliance types it regulates starting next year, it said on Tuesday (Jun 8).
Nation’s first LEED-certified factory set for net zero rewards
The construction of Cambodia’s first gold-certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V4 garment factory signals that the Kingdom’s manufacturing sector is poised to capitalise on the sale of carbon credits through the Climate Impact Exchange (CIX) to be launched later this year.
Building owners urged to comply with energy efficiency law
BUILDING OWNERS are now required to source at least one percent of the building’s total demand from a renewable energy source. Lylah Ledonio, Leechiu Property Consultants’ executive director and chair of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) Real Estate Committee, said building owners or landlords need to be re-oriented on Republic Act […]
Kerlink, Cloud Energy to build IoT solutions for rural Vietnam
Kerlink is teaming up with Vietnamese IoT startup Cloud Energy in building new solutions to meet demand for IoT services in rural areas around Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), expanding on their earlier collaboration on smart-building and energy-management projects in the city of nearly 9 million people.
Keppel saved $68m from energy-efficient initiatives
Green initiatives might seem like a burden for companies already grappling with a challenging operating environment, but they have paid off in spades for Keppel Group.
SP Group to build the first large-scale underground substation in SE Asia
Singapore grid operator SP Group has started construction on the first large-scale underground substation in Southeast Asia. Located at Labrador, SP will build its 230kV electrical substation underground to optimise space in land-scarce Singapore for urban growth and development.
Lotte Mart is first in Vietnam to adopt R448A
VIETNAM: Lotte Mart has become the first supermarket retailer in Vietnam to adopt R448A as a lower GWP refrigerant replacement for R404A. The A1 refrigerant, marketed by Honeywell as Solstice N40, was first selected by the South Korean retailer for its domestic stores in 2018. Lotte Mart established its first Vietnamese branch in Ho Chi […]
PETRONAS adds new vessels to LNG fleet
PETRONAS LNG Ltd (PLL) has signed a Time Charter Party (TCP) for three newbuild 174 000 m3 LNG vessels with shipowner, Hyundai LNG Shipping (HLS). The deal with HLS was awarded via an international tender exercise to support PETRONAS’ growing global LNG business portfolio.
