In the article, “Green buildings, Singapore’s natural ally for a greener future”, Mackenzie (2017) reported that promoting eco-friendly building will be the solution for a cleaner and sustainable future for Singapore. The report emphasizes the importance of sustainability in which has to control for the future’s outcome. Despite being known as the “Garden City”, the author reported that the high resource consumption of its dense infrastructure is rapidly increasing. This massively affects the number of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions that affect the natural environment.
As a keen supporter of environmental protection, Building Construction Authority (BCA) aims to spread awareness to developers and designers on the benefits of green mark certification. The report also mentioned that the implementation of green initiatives has had huge successes in cutting cost in the long term. The author proved through Asia Square that design is the key factor, thus giving designers and stakeholders the power to lead to a greener future. The author concluded that Singapore understands the importance of a proactive approach to protect the environment and fight climate change.
I do agree with the author on the importance of sustainability for the environment. It highlights that the power for sustainability is made by stakeholders and designers, to promote sustainability through the cost benefit over the environmental benefits.
Firstly, rising carbon emissions are directly linked to the increasing demand for buildings and their maintenance. In the article, “Analysing CO2 emissions from Singapore’s electricity generation sector: Strategies for 2020 and beyond” (2017), it highlights that carbon emissions are projected to rise with the largest contributor to be the production of electricity and building’s second. By optimizing the process of these areas, we can effectively reduce carbon emissions.
(Electric/water use of buildings on carbon emission)
Secondly, the green mark initiative promotes and awards buildings based on its efficiency. In the article,” GREEN MARK FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS NRB: (BCA, 2015)”, it lists out how points are distributed out based on the efficiency of the different aspects of the building. It pushes a large incentive towards efficient energy consumption and sustainability by rewarding a substantial amount of points in those areas. To receive the highest grade of platinum, a high score is needed that can be easily achieved through the efficient use of electricity and building sustainability.
( Effect of Green mark and the reduction on energy use)
Lastly, convincing the developers is
(Monetary-linked Incentives for developers) need research
The push for green buildings is a boon for both environmental and financial
References
Analysing CO2 emissions from Singapore’s electricity generation sector: Strategies for 2020 and beyond (2017)
ScienceDirect. Retrieved, Volume 124, January 21, 2019, from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217301196#sec3
GREEN MARK FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS NRB: (BCA, 2015)
BCA, Retrieved, January 21, 2019, from
https://www.bca.gov.sg/GreenMark/others/Green_Mark_NRB_2015_Criteria.pdf
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