Yesterday, on 7th September 2016 in Singapore that Building and Construction Authority (BCA) do media release about revised Green Mark for residential buildings aimed at enabling residents to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.
Yesterday, on 7th September 2016 in Singapore that Building and Construction Authority (BCA) do media release about revised Green Mark for residential buildings aimed at enabling residents to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.
Yesterday, on 7th September 2016 in Singapore that Building and Construction Authority (BCA) do media release about revised Green Mark for residential buildings aimed at enabling residents to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.
At the opening of the Singapore Green Building Week (SGBW) 2016, Guest-of-Honour Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance, announced new measures and initiatives that BCA is rolling out to further drive the greening of the built environment and enhance the green building experience for users. BCA has reviewed the Green Mark scheme for residential buildings and will be putting the new set of criteria on pilot for a year so that building designs will place greater emphasis on good passive design, façade performance, and effective natural ventilation to enhance the well-being of occupants. Besides ensuring energy and water efficiency, amongst other key green building features, the new Green Mark for Residential Buildings 2016 is aimed at encouraging building designers to proactively consider design features that promote adoption of a more sustainable lifestyle to reduce the building’s impact on the environment.
For example, having a home energy management system that allows building occupants to track their own energy consumption and make conscious efforts to change their practices and behavior. In addition, the requirement to have the most energy efficient air-conditioning systems will help homeowners with greater savings on their electricity bills.
In the latest findings from BCA’s third annual building energy benchmarking exercise, commercial buildings continue to perform well with a 7 per cent improvement in the Energy Use Intensity (EUI) over the past 8 years since 2008. The EUI is a measure of the annual total energy consumed per unit floor area when operating a building. The EUI of healthcare facilities was found to have increased by 4 percent from 2008 while the increase for tertiary and private education institutions was around 7 per cent. This represents potential scope for building owners to improve the energy performance of these building types.
On top of key announcements that were shared during the SGBW, the week also promises an exciting line-up of activities, including the anchor event, the IGBC which will play host to more than 1,000 participants, including international green building experts, policy-makers, academics, built environment practitioners, tenants and end-users, from over 30 countries. In addition, this year’s SGBW will see the participation of more than 650 students, the highest number of students so far, in specially tailored events such as the BCA-SIA-SGBC International Tropical Architecture Design Competition 2016 for Institutes of Higher Learning, Build Green: Student Edition workshop as well as the Climate Innovation Challenge which took place earlier.