GREEN ARCHITECTURE
Artist impression: NUS School of Design & Environment, SDE 4, has received Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Certification for Net-Zero Energy Building. (Source: Serie+Multiply)
SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY FOR A BETTER WORLD
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here is much hue and cry over global warming and climate change worldwide that the United Nations General Assembly was compelled to set a list of Sustainable Development Goals in the year 2015 to be achieved by the year 2030. In Singapore, sustainable development is part and parcel of its bid to become a smart nation. The country intends to reduce its emissions intensity by 36% (from 2005 levels) by 2030, and make bigger efforts to combat climate change with new opportunities like sustainable energy and clean technology. There is also a national aspiration for all buildings in Singapore to be able to achieve Super Low Energy (SLE) and to accelerate the development of zero energy buildings in the tropics. Surbana Jurong is aligned to this cause and harbours hope of addressing the rising global energy demand and climate change, and strives to become the leading consultancy of sustainable urban development. In January 2019, Surbana Jurong has established the Sustainability and Resiliency Office (SRO)
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Artist impression: Surbana Jurong Campus has received Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Certification for Super Low Energy Building. (Source: Safdie Surbana Jurong)
