1/4/2024 0 Comments Chitchat for facebook![]() ![]() According to the World Green Building Council, embodied carbon accounts for 11% of global carbon emissions, and is estimated to constitute up to 40% of Singapore’s carbon emissions due to shorter building lifespans as a result of urban renewal, it was added.Īmong the key features of the building, over 50% of the perimeter façade is covered with living plants, serving a dual purpose of lowering the internal building temperature by reducing urban heat gain and providing refuge for native butterfly and bird species. The 30-year-old building, located at 135 Bukit Timah Road in Singapore, was retrofitted to extend its lifespan, avoiding squandering the embodied carbon in the existing structure or generating additional embodied carbon with a new structure. 閱讀中文版本 Housing over 400 employees across the bank's Consumer Banking Group, the building "is a significant milestone in the bank’s journey towards achieving net zero operational carbon by the end of 2022."ĭBS has officially opened its refurbished DBS Newton Green, cited as Singapore’s first net zero building by a bank.Īnnouncing the opening on Monday (18 July 2022), the bank noted in a release that this new building contributes to the national push to green 80% of Singapore’s buildings (by Gross Floor Area) by 2030 under the Singapore Green Building Masterplan, and "is a significant milestone in the bank’s journey towards achieving net zero operational carbon by the end of 2022."
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