WARMING UP TO Modern Heating Systems
The BCA Green Mark program promotes designs and activities that lessen air-conditioned spaces in office and commercial structures, as well as establishes a worldwide standard for centralized air conditioning systems.
Some buildings in Singapore have also begun using alternative cooling methods, such as hybrid cooling, which uses fans in air-conditioned areas with slightly higher room temperatures, such as 27 degrees Celsius, to potentially save 10 % to 20 % of energy. This includes Braddell’s BCA Zero Energy Building Plus.
Real estate developers might want to put followers in pre-installed fans in offices and residential buildings to help with this program.
Geographically, there are also many other pioneer jobs that have adopted modern cooling systems.
In Singapore’s press for sustainability, modern cooling technologies are making a major effect in the management of building temps. Passive movement refrigeration is used to effectively manage interior regions in the SMU Connexion Building, PSA Maintenance Base Administration Building at Tuas harbor, and Gaia at Nanyang Technological University. This method eliminates the need for electrical fans by using frozen coils and healthy convection to great a room. In the end, it lowers power consumption and reduces the operating costs of power significantly.
In another case, DBS Newton Green, a 30- yr- ancient four- floor office building, has been retrofitted with cross solar air- conditioners.
In a hotter world, exposure to refrigeration equipment is not just a pleasure, it is also a requirement, saving tens of thousands of lives worldwide each year.
We can reduce our contribution to rising temperatures and the urban heat island effect by adopting green cooling techniques and reversing our dependence on air conditioning, making the transition toward a cooler, more sustainable future.
Dr. Ziwen Liu is a professor at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore’s School of Science and Technology. BLEMS Pte Ltd.’s senior director is Dr. Guang Yu Jin, and BLEMS Pte Ltd.’s operations director is Xiangjing Zhang.
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