The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) has promised to do its part to help the country bring down its carbon emissions by 36 percent by 2030 as compared to the levels seen in 2005, reported The Business Times.
SGBC made this pledge at the ongoing COP21 Climate Conference in Paris, along with other green building councils from other countries.
“All 74 national green building councils support the high level commitment from the World Green Building Council to achieve ‘net zero carbon’ for new buildings and energy efficient refurbishment of the existing building stock by 2050,” said the industry body.
Moreover, the SGBC and 24 other green building councils have announced their intention to train over 127,000 qualified green building professionals, as well as renovate or certify eco-friendly building spaces spanning more than 1.25 billion sqm, which is nearly twice the size of Singapore.
The SGBC promotes eco-friendly building design, practices and technologies in the city-state. It also grades developments based on green features, such as those involving water and energy efficiency.
The group’s founding members include government agencies like the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Housing Board, along with some of Singapore’s biggest property players like Keppel Land, City Developments Limited and CapitaLand.
Romesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories email romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
