The Business Times
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District cooling systems and centralised cooling systems can transform how a city is cooled.
Buildings contribute around 40 per cent of global energy consumption and 33 per cent of greenhouse-gas emissions.
On Sep 18, National Development Minister Desmond Lee reinforced the government’s effort to promote a more sustainable Singapore by introducing new incentives to encourage building owners to reduce energy consumed in cooling their buildings.
He announced the new gross plot ratio (GPR) incentives during the NUS Cities Symposium to encourage building owners to adopt new district cooling systems (DCS) or centralised cooling systems (CCS) that pipe chilled water to a network of connected buildings in a local district.
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