A GROUP of 13 Singapore companies is banking on their green know-how to snare a share of China's lucrative and rapidly growing green buildings market. The firms are set to attend a key China exhibition to try and tap a green buildings market set to be worth $55 billion by 2012 and $200 billion by 2020. The Sixth International Conference on Intelligent, Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New...
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THE Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) will host the World Green Building International Congress in its first year as an exclusive member of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC). The international congress, to be held on Sept 13 and 14, is an annual forum where representatives of GBCs around the world meet to discuss objectives, policies and development strategies. The congress will also...
CleanTech Park will be an icon for development and application of clean technologies IT is a big project befitting grand ambitions. Last month, JTC Corporation and the Economic Development Board (EDB) announced plans to build Singapore's first eco-business park in the western part of the island. The 50-hectare CleanTech Park, with one million square metres of space, could establish Singapore as a centre...
Plans are underway to turn Punggol into Singapore's first eco-town as part of the sustainable development blueprint. The aim is that over the next five years, energy consumption in public areas will go down by up to 30 percent while energy use in households is targeted to decrease by 10 percent. HDB said that as a new town, Punggol is perfect as a test bed for green technologies. These include facilities...
The two upcoming integrated resorts in Singapore, which open in the first quarter of next year, are not planning to gamble with the environment. In fact, they have spent millions of dollars on green technologies and sustainable building concepts to conserve resources. It has been a roller coaster ride for the environment, and climate change is a real threat. So companies, like Singapore's two integrated...
Forest canopies keep temperatures in our nature reserves cooler, so could a similar concept have the same effect in our business parks? Singapore's leading industrial landlord intends to find out, and if it works, industrial clusters here are set to turn a shade of green. The Green Roof Trellis concept by JTC Corporation aims to lower temperatures in these parks by 2-3°C – which would reduce energy...
Singapore has set up a new council to help accelerate the "greening" of buildings in Singapore. Buildings in the city-state are the second largest guzzlers of electricity - after the industrial sector. But this is also the area where energy use can be easily reduced. A UN study has concluded that energy consumption in new and old buildings can be lowered by 30 to 50 per cent without significantly...
The inaugural Singapore Green Building week started on Monday with the launch of Singapore's first "Zero Energy Building." National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said the three-storey office building showcases how it can be up to 50 per cent more energy efficient. It cost some S$11 million to retrofit but the building is expected to generate as much electricity as it consumes in a year. The...
LUXE does not have to mean excessive, as Sentosa Cove demonstrates with environmentally-friendly initiatives that characterise the exclusive residential enclave. "From the onset, Sentosa Cove was designed (in 1996) with the natural environment in mind - approximately 40 per cent of our development is dedicated to landscaping and waterbodies," said Mr Jason Yeo, general manager of Sentosa Cove Resort...
One way to cut costs amid the current downturn is to make buildings more eco-friendly and efficient. Experts said this can save as much as a 20 per cent in energy bills. And for those worried about higher investments, there are initiatives that can cover up to 35 per cent of such costs. Demand for 'green' buildings has grown amid the current downturn. Environmentally-conscious consumers are increasingly...