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Closing the Loop of Food Waste: A Hawker Centre Generates Energy and Bio-fertiliser

17 November 2021: The hawker centre East Coast Lagoon Food Village is piloting an anaerobic digestion system for food waste treatment. This aims to reduce the incineration of food waste—which would release the highest amount of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere—and instead use it to generate electricity and produce bio-fertiliser to improve the surrounding park infrastructure. The system was developed by a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), led by Associate Professor Tong Yen Wah from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. […]

Building on Water for a Climate-Aware Future

The vast majority of the world’s largest cities are located next to water and face challenges such as sea level rise, land subsidence and frequent flooding due to a change in weather patterns. Meanwhile, the most significant population growths occur on the developing regions of the African and Asian continents, which result in a sprawl […]

Moving From Intuitive to Informed Design for Ecosystems

On the second day of Archifest 2021’s conference event, three speakers presented their thought- provoking ideas on the theme of Ecosystems, reflecting on subjects from the human body and urban landscapes, up to outer space. Bonnie Shaw, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Place Intelligence, spoke about the importance of resilience against stress in the […]

Archifest 2021 seeks Design Evidence from the Past to Inform the Future

Sustainability and heritage are key issues to be considered amidst rapid development in Singapore, which are highlighted as the main themes of this year’s Archifest. Entitled Design Evidence, the event takes an inquisitive attitude towards the complex parameters of our world, relating the evidences of best practices for our creative design processes. The architecture festival, […]

FuturArc Prize 2020 Professional Winner Receives Award

1 September 2021: At the BCI Asia Awards 2021 Singapore event today, the Singaporean winner of FuturArc Prize 2020 finally took home their award. The 2020 cycle for Asia’s leading Green design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) received entries from international professionals and students who submitted their ideas in Bringing Nature Back into the City in […]

Reducing excessive consumption of disposables

Environmental impact of disposables 10 April 2021 — Disposables, regardless of whether they are made of paper, plastics, or degradable materials, have some impact on the environment during their production, transportation and disposal. The current “take, make, use and throw” approach to disposables is not ideal. In 2019, about 200,000 tonnes of disposables—enough to fill […]

SGBC announces new president & board for 2021–2023 term

Singapore, 30 March 2021 — The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) has announced the members of the 7th Board, who will lead the Council through the 2021–2023 term. Tang Kok Thye, President Tang Kok Thye succeeds Dr Ho Nyok Yong as SGBC’s 7th President. Tang is an associate partner of architecture practice ADDP Architects LLP […]

Singapore now home to one of the world’s largest floating solar farms

Singapore has completed the installation of one of the world’s largest floating solar farms on sea water in the Straits of Johor. With the successful building of the 5-MW-peak offshore floating photovoltaic (OFPV) system, it is part of Singapore’s plan as a land-scarce country to tap offshore solar as part of its renewables strategy. Photo […]

Calls for submissions to reclaim the value from plastic waste: The Alliance to End Plastic Waste

CAPTURING THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PLASTIC WASTE The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance), an international non-profit organisation, today announced on 8 March 2021 the request for proposals for projects that capture the economic value of plastic waste. As part of the Alliance’s mission, it aims to identify, accelerate and scale solutions to help […]

Latest technologies for water efficiency and treatment of cooling towers

PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, has curated a series of presentations and resources from government agencies and local technology providers in a one-stop online platform. Attendees can learn how to enhance the water efficiencies of cooling towers and how PUB can provide technical and funding support via a newly developed scheme. This webinar will be held on […]

Push for Greener buildings and new support scheme through industry alliances

4 March 2021 — The Ministry of National Development announced several key initiatives during its Committee of Supply debate today. These initiatives will further accelerate the transformation of the built environment (BE) sector and position it to emerge stronger and more resilient post-COVID-19. Singapore Green Building Masterplan: 80-80-80 in 2030 The Singapore Green Building Masterplan […]

Swathes of Kranji woodland were cleared by mistake: Investigation ongoing

Large swathes of Kranji woodland along the rail corridor were mistakenly cleared while the authorities were in the midst of biodiversity impact assessments there. The National Parks Board (NParks) is investigating the unauthorised clearance at the site. A JTC Corporation spokesman responded that the land was “erroneously cleared” by its contractor, Huationg, before the completion of […]

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