Clean Energy Expo Asia 2011 Continues to Empower the Sustainable Energy Revolution [Press Releases]

Singapore, 3 November 2011 – The third Clean Energy Expo Asia (CEEA) ended today, after three days of high-level dialogue and intensive networking. Held from 1 to 3 November 2011 at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre, the annual sustainable energy Trade Fair and Conference successfully attracted 5,283 clean energy industry players from 62 countries, more than double the number of attendees in the inaugural edition in 2009.

As the platform of choice for industry players in the technology, services, finance and government sectors in the clean technology industry, Clean Energy Expo Asia hosted close to 170 international exhibitors and over 130 distinguished speakers. Jointly organized by Koelnmesse and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), Clean Energy Expo Asia was held as part of the Singapore International Energy Week. Read more

Alliance launched to help S’pore firms go green [News]

The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) has launched an alliance to help local companies become more eco-friendly.

The group will also help them tap into Singapore’s Clean Technology (Cleantech) network.

Also, a handbook titled “Riding the Megatrend of Sustainability” was launched in collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Offering insights on the motivations and experiences of sustainable business, the handbook will spur businesses to follow in the footsteps of the green pioneers.

Meanwhile, the Singapore Sustainability Awards ceremony saw nine private and public sector organisations being honoured for their sustainable business practices. Read more

Singapore’s CleanTech Park to be Ready by 2030

JTC Corporation (JTC) recently unveiled the masterplan for the CleanTech Park (CTP), Singapore’s first eco-business park for companies involved in clean technologies and sustainable urban solutions. The CTP also serves as a R&D and testbedding site for early adoption of clean tech products and solutions for the urban tropics. Besides clean tech companies, the CTP could also house companies providing eco-friendly products and services, and companies with strong CSR or green practices.

The 50-hectare CTP will be developed next to the Nanyang Technological University so as to enhance the integration between the academia, research institutes and the business industry, and provide synergies for the full value chain of the clean tech industry. The development will take place in 3 phases over 20 years. Phase 1 will commence in July 2010 and will provide about 17 ha of business park land when completed in 2018. Phase 2 will be developed from 2019 to 2025, and Phase 3 from 2026 to 2030. The CTP will house a working population of 20,000 when it is fully built by 2030.

In the masterplan, the CTP will be developed as the most sustainable eco-business park in Singapore with the implementation of green strategies and its emphasis on retaining the natural environment and biodiversity. The green strategies to be implemented in the CTP include:

1. Stormwater management

Making use of the existing topography of the site to channel stormwater into the low-lying areas for storage and reuse. The stormwater within CleanTech Park will be channelled into a central wetland where the water can be treated and be reused for irrigation or toilet flushing. The pond will also reduce the ambient temperature through evaporative cooling.

2. Sky Trellis

The sky trellis will be constructed between adjacent buildings and covered with plants. By shading open spaces between buildings, it can reduce heat gain by the buildings from the environment and enhance walkability within open spaces in the area.

3. Conservation of Green Zones

Conservation zones are demarcated areas within CTP where trees and plants are conserved. Development works are planned around these conservation zones to protect the existing trees and plants.

4. Protection of biodiversity

Keeping the existing trees in the park will help to retain the biodiversity, such as the birds and butterflies to remain within CTP.

5. Designated Green Corridors

The designated Green Corridors are green areas between the buildings and land parcels within CTP. These green corridors are strategically located to provide secondary greenery between the buildings and land parcels and are aimed at promoting enhanced walkability within the Park.

6. Building a Green Community

CTP will nurture the fist green business community and environment by way of introducing and inculcating green practices such as recycling programmes and car pooling programmes.

7. Green Features that reduce demand on resource utilization

Building orientation with minimum East-West facing facades; Creating the wind tunnel effect to maximize wind-capture within the buildings; Using recycled and green materials for infrastructure development.

Source and images credit: JTC

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