South China Morning Post
Summary
The Jurong Lake District (JLD) in the west of Singapore, a new development that puts environmental initiatives front and centre.
The district aims to achieve net-zero emissions for new developments by 2045, with a number of key strategies in place: using the Building and Construction Authority (BCA)’s Green Mark for Super Low Energy Buildings standards for all new developments, maximising solar energy deployment, requiring the use of district cooling systems (DCS), promoting greener mobility, and setting aside 40 per cent of the land area for parks, green spaces and water bodies.
DCS systems integrate highly efficient centralised chillers, thermal energy storage (TES) tanks, and advanced control systems as a smarter alternative to individual air conditioners. They help manage peak loads and also enhance resiliency, said a spokesperson of Keppel Corporation, the Singaporean conglomerate that was awarded the contract to design, build, own and operate the district’s DCS.
The spokesperson estimated that the DCS plant would abate over 145,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over its expected 30-year operating life.
At the end of 2020, Keppel was previously awarded the build-own-operate contract for a new DCS plant for the first phase of Bulim Square precinct, in the neighbouring 600-hectare Jurong Innovation District, which is intended to be a hi-tech manufacturing park.
“District cooling projects are gaining traction around the world and Singapore has been actively promoting district cooling systems as part of its overall sustainability plan,” said the spokesperson.
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