Green Mark scheme hits 20th anniversary, with over 2,500 buildings certified
The first is the development of an updated Built Environment Decarbonisation Technology Roadmap that lays out major arising technologies and areas for research and development to improve energy performance in Singapore’s built setting. Building on the 2018 Super Low Energy Building Technology Roadmap, the updated planning recognizes over 50 technologies and techniques to decrease operational and embodied carbon.
The SGBMP established the “80-80-80 in 2030” goal, making up 80% of properties by gross floor area (GFA) to be green; 80% of brand-new developments by GFA to be super low energy (SLE) buildings; and 80% improvement in energy performance compared to 2005 levels for best-in-class green buildings– all by 2030.
At a gala dinner held by SGBC on July 11, 20 celebratory certificates were awarded to 9 affiliates and 11 projects in recognition of their “excellent inputs to Singapore’s green building journey”. City Developments, CapitaLand, Mapletree Investments, Keppel and Lendlease were amongst the partner receivers.
The Green Mark scheme has actually undergone a variety of alterations, with the sixth and latest edition released in 2021 combined with the Singapore Green Building Masterplan (SGBMP).
The 2nd campaign is the magazine of a report that links the gap between green structures and lasting finance in the Asia Pacific (Apac) region. The report, to be published by the World Green Building Council with assistance from OCBC and the area’s green building councils, will align green building rating tools from Apac nations with the Asean Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.
In its joint statement, BCA and SGBC claim that 61% of structures have been greened as of December 2024. In addition, near 26% of brand-new properties have actually been licensed as SLE properties, while best-in-class buildings have actually achieved a 72% improvement in power efficiency over 2005 ranks.
At SGBC’s gala dinner, National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat introduced two initiatives to help drive wider adoption of environment-friendly buildings moving forward.
“By developing clear connections in between nationwide schemes and regional guidelines, we can help unlock global capital circulations and range up investments in decarbonisation and eco-friendly building jobs,” stated Chee.
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) recently noted the 20th anniversary of the BCA Green Mark certification scheme. The green building rating system, developed to review a building’s environmental impact and efficiency, was initially launched in January 2005, with 17 structures certified in its inaugural year.
As of March this year, 2,590 structures have achieved Green Mark certification, according to a shared statement by the BCA and SGBC. The buildings jointly save over 4.2 billion kWh of power each year, sufficient to power one million four-room HDB flats annually, the firms add. It is also equal to $1.3 billion in cost savings annually.
