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New Singapore project first to replace more greenery than is lost
May 16, 2013
New Singapore project first to replace more greenery than is lost
A new project, Jem, in Singapore has become the first mixed-use development project to achieve the Singapore Building Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Award rating for its eco-friendly features and for replacing lost landscape by 122 percent.
The mall and office tower, located at the Jurong Lake District, is a 19,124 square meters development designed by SAA Architects, one of the leading architectural firms in Southeast Asia with several Green Mark Awards in its belt.
The designers recognized the project’s sheer size and aimed to address its urban impact on the local community by applying a landscape replacement strategy. It is also a policy promoted by Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) with the following objectives: to enhance the quality of life through greenery and spaces of relief; to create a distinctive image of the city in the tropics; and, to help environmental benefits like air quality improvement and urban island heat mitigation.
In the case of Jem, the greenery lost due to its development, as well as its carbon footprint, was replaced with abundant skyrise greenery and landscape areas within the complex. Being a Green Mark Platinum Awardee, Jem is expected to minimize energy consumption equivalent to energy generated about 2,400 HDB apartments annually.
Read more at Eco Business.
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