But while in less affluent Southeast Asian countries a chilled building is something of a luxury, in Singapore air-con is expected. “Passive design is a good way for buildings to keep cool without air ...

Singapore Green Building Council's (SGBC) first vice-president Tang Kok Thye suggested that buildings adopt a mix-mode ventilation strategy that incorporates both natural and mechanical ...

At the beginning of Singapore Green Building Week, Mr Lee Chuan Seng, President of Singapore Green Building Council talks exclusively to Valere Tjolle about a green future. Valere Tjolle ...

The facts: air-conditioning accounts for nearly 20 per cent of Singapore’s CO2 emissions , with a standard two-kW aircon unit in your room producing 1.4 tonnes of earth-warming emissions a year ...

This hotel is leading change with its pioneering efforts in sustainable design, transforming urban landscapes into green ...

A portion of the cost was covered by a grant awarded by Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) under the national Green Buildings Innovation Cluster (GBIC) Programme to support ...

Singapore must retrofit its older buildings to improve their sustainability standards in order to hit 2030 green building targets, says Minister for National Development Desmond Lee. Speaking at the ...

This is from the Green Daily newsletter. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. Singapore has gone from a mudflat swamp with fishing villages to an island metropolis boasting one of the world’s ...

The Zero Energy Building in Singapore is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The retrofitted building has been running entirely on solar power since it began operating in 2009 and had even ...

An inventive new building designed to consume only as much energy as it produces has opened its doors in Singapore ... to estimates from the World Green Building Council. But the pressure on ...