SINGAPORE: Tampines has become the first city centre in Singapore to be retrofitted with a distributed city cooling system, a green heating solution designed to enhance strength efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
Developed by SP Group, the cooling network connects seven existing buildings in Tampines town centre: Century Square, CPF Tampines Building, Income At Tampines Junction, OCBC Tampines Centre 2, Our Tampines Hub, Tampines Mall and Tampines 1.  ,
The network is expected to cut Tampines ‘ carbon emissions by 1, 000 tonnes annually – equivalent to removing 910 cars from the roads – and achieve energy savings of more than 2, 300, 000 kilowatt-hours (k Wh ) a year, enough to power 710 three-room HDB flats a year.
Speaking at the launch event at Our Tampines Hub on Friday ( Mar 14), Minister for Social and Family Development and Tampines GRC MP Masagos Zulkifli described the project as a “revolution in urban sustainability”.  ,
” With climate change worsening, there is an urgent need to bolster our national sustainability efforts to address inevitable environmental challenges in the coming years. This distributed district cooling project will therefore provide a crucial foundation for Singapore to deploy more sustainable energy solutions in existing townships”, Mr Masagos said.
The cooling network is a key milestone in the Tampines eco-town master plan, which is focused on transforming Tampines into a more eco-friendly town, he added.  ,
The launch was also attended by four other advisers to Tampines GRC grassroots organisations: MPs Koh Poh Koon, Desmond Choo and Baey Yam Keng, as well as People’s Action Party ( PAP ) new face, academic Charlene Chen.