Photo courtesy of ADDP Architects in collaboration with OWIU Design
SIA-LES Archifest Pavilion Photo courtesy of Urban Redevelopment Authority
How carbon neutrality will transform the built environment
In the wake of sweeping global developments, there is an opportunity to communicate the importance of the built environment in keeping families healthy and safe, as well as for businesses to identify new opportunities. Embedding sustainability into business operations is quickly becoming the new normal, alongside a broader systemic relook of our buildings and cities.
The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) webinar series explored the key built environment trends of carbon neutrality, environmental product declarations and healthy real estate.
A-Maze at Tanjong Pagar
Organised by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA), Archifest 2020 rolled out varied programmes that ranged from pop-up experiences that reimagined the way we live to virtual exhibitions, forums, film screenings, workshops and an immersive virtual pavilion.
Dr Chong Keng Hua, Festival Director of Singapore Archifest 2020, shared, “This year, not only are we taking on a hybrid format, but are also introducing a decentralised Singapore Archifest with smaller pop-up
Photo courtesy of Ministry of National Development
In this first session of the series on 21 September 2020—held in support of both the International Built Environment Week 2020 and World Green Building Week 2020—the speakers discussed key carbon neutrality definitions and trends affecting the future of the built environment sector. This included how neutrality is being embedded into buildings from project design to end-of-life, implications for companies today and how carbon neutrality sits within the broader built environment’s ESG reporting ecosystem in attracting investors.
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Dr Chong Keng Hua
programmes to feature ground-up initiatives and projects across the island. Architecture impacts us all, and we want the festival to be an opportunity for everyone—whether architects, designers or those looking for something exciting to do over the weekend—to be able to join in the fun and participate in a collective effort to save our world through architecture.”
A poll at the start of the webinar gave the following results: • Yes: 43 per cent • Yes, but more help is needed: 37 per cent • No, but open to learning more: 20 per cent
Why net-zero?
“If we take the learnings from what has happened in the past, since industrial times, and project that out to the future, we are headed towards a 5 degrees Celsius of increase in temperature in around year 2100. So there is a dire need to cap the increase of carbon emissions growth globally,” Evelyne Saelens, Senior Sustainability Consultant, UL Environment & Sustainability, advised.
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