The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Green Building Council, along with the China Green Building Conference, have awarded the Shanghai Engine Center with Leadership on Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. The joint venture of Pratt & Whitney and China Eastern Airlines becomes the first facility in China to receive the Platinum rating. U.S. Green Building Council CEO Rick Fedrizzi says that the Shanghai center “will serve as a leading example for other facilities within China when pursuing energy saving integration with operational efficiency.” More than 5,000 sites are LEED-certified throughout the world, while only five percent have achieved the Platinum rating.
Source: Aviation Today, 2010-04-01, Link
2010-04-02
Contest to Spur 'Green Sparks'
THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and City Developments Limited (CDL) have joined hands to organise a first-of-its-kind competition to generate green ideas that existing buildings in Singapore can adopt.
The inaugural BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition has attracted about 120 student participants from five local tertiary institutions. The challenge is to enhance green features of Fuji Xerox Towers, which attained Green Mark Gold award under the BCA Green Mark Scheme.
Ideas that participants come up with should qualify Fuji Xerox Towers for the highest accolade under the BCA Green Mark Scheme - the Green Mark Platinum status.
Participants, in teams of five to 10, are to submit a retrofitting proposal. The best eight entries will be shortlisted for the final competition on Aug 19, when teams will present their projects to the judges.
The judging criterion include energy savings and environmental benefits, feasibility and cost effectiveness of ideas, creativity, replicability and presentation.
Leading the panel of judges is Mr Lee Chuan Seng, president of the Singapore Green Building Council. The other panellists include BCA's technology development division director Tan Tian Chong, CDL's property and facilities management general manager Lim Tow Fok, DP Architects director Tai Lee Siang and G-Energy Global director Vincent Low.
Source: The Strait Times, 2010-04-01, Link
The inaugural BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition has attracted about 120 student participants from five local tertiary institutions. The challenge is to enhance green features of Fuji Xerox Towers, which attained Green Mark Gold award under the BCA Green Mark Scheme.
Ideas that participants come up with should qualify Fuji Xerox Towers for the highest accolade under the BCA Green Mark Scheme - the Green Mark Platinum status.
Participants, in teams of five to 10, are to submit a retrofitting proposal. The best eight entries will be shortlisted for the final competition on Aug 19, when teams will present their projects to the judges.
The judging criterion include energy savings and environmental benefits, feasibility and cost effectiveness of ideas, creativity, replicability and presentation.
Leading the panel of judges is Mr Lee Chuan Seng, president of the Singapore Green Building Council. The other panellists include BCA's technology development division director Tan Tian Chong, CDL's property and facilities management general manager Lim Tow Fok, DP Architects director Tai Lee Siang and G-Energy Global director Vincent Low.
Source: The Strait Times, 2010-04-01, Link
Green Building Saves Money
THE Residences at W Singapore Sentosa Cove do not come cheap, at up to $3,000 per square foot (psf).
Thankfully, the energy bills for owners of the newly launched waterfront project promise to be a different story.
Every year, each unit is expected to save its efficient fittings in the bathrooms will cut about $400 a year in water bills for each home.
The 228-unit residential project received the Green Mark Platinum award last year. It is the highest rating the Building and Construction Authority hands out to green buildings in Singapore.
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Source: The Straits Times, 2010-03-26, Link
Thankfully, the energy bills for owners of the newly launched waterfront project promise to be a different story.
Every year, each unit is expected to save its efficient fittings in the bathrooms will cut about $400 a year in water bills for each home.
The 228-unit residential project received the Green Mark Platinum award last year. It is the highest rating the Building and Construction Authority hands out to green buildings in Singapore.
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Source: The Straits Times, 2010-03-26, Link
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