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With this in mind, the IMCSD has
come up with various strategies and
initiatives that it believes are needed
for Singapore to achieve both economic
growth and a good living environment
for the next two decades.
Called the ‘Sustainable Blueprint’,
it maps out Singapore’s energy use for
the next two decades.
“By planning now for Singapore’s
sustainable development in the next
10 to 15 years, we ensure two key
things. First, we can be more efficient
in using resources to grow our
economy and stay competitive. Second,
we can ensure that, even as our
population grows, all of us continue
to enjoy clean air and clean water in
an attractive, quality living environment,”
says former National Development
Minister Mah.
When
completed, Six
Battery Road
is expected to
improve energy
efficiency
by about 20
percent.
Six Battery Road.
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According to the BCA, the estimated
retrofitting cost to upgrade all existing
buildings owned by government agencies
will be about $500 million over the next ten
years. This will lead to substantial energy
savings of $120 million per year.
Real estate industry taking
the lead
Recognising that Singapore’s built up
environment is responsible for most
carbon emissions and energy consumption,
the Building and Construction
Authority (BCA) took the lead in
2006 by implementing the First Green
Building Masterplan.
Under this masterplan, all new
public buildings and those undergoing
major retrofitting works are
required to meet the minimum stand-
ards of environmental sustainability
that is equivalent to the Green Mark
Certified level.
BCA Green Mark is a green building
rating system to evaluate a building
for its environmental impact and
performance.
In 2009, the industry soared to
even greater heights.
That year, the IMCSD and BCA
launched an ambitious target that will
require at least 80 percent of the buildings
in Singapore to achieve the BCA
GReeN BuildiNGS
CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) in May last year, announced
plans to retrofit its existing office building at
Six Battery Road.
Retrofitting works commenced in October 2010 and will be
executed in phases until 2013 at a total capital expenditure of
approximately $92 million.
Six Battery Road will feature an iconic “green” wall with living
green plants that will be constructed in the main lobby.
When completed, Six Battery Road is expected to improve
energy efficiency by about 20 percent.
For its effort, Six Battery Road was awarded the 2010
Green Mark platinum certification by the BCA.
This makes it the first existing
office building in Singapore to receive
this accolade.
City Developments limited (CDl)
has also done their bit.
In 2009, it achieved new milestones
with the launch of 7 & 9 Tampines
Grand and Tampines Concourse.
7 & 9 Tampines Grande use Solar
photovoltaic and Solar Thermal
panels on its roofs and façades.
Totalling 2, 080 sq m, the panels
are the largest use of its kind in a
11 Tampines Concourse. commercial property in Singapore.
In 2008, Tampines Grande was
awarded the BCA Green Mark platinum - the highest rating
given to green buildings in Singapore.
Meanwhile, 11 Tampines Concourse broke new grounds in
2009 by being the first CarbonNeutral development in Singapore
and Asia pacific.
This commercial building utilises innovative building materials
to reduce the usage of natural resources in the construction
process, and reduces its carbon emissions to “net zero”
annually.
11 Tampines Concourse building was awarded the BCA
Green Mark Gold in 2009.