Green Mark Scheme Is Now Opened To Supermarket And Retail Outlets
Retail outlets can now enjoy the benefit of green technology and garner more incentive by putting up eco-friendly features. Retail outlets or supermarkets can apply to get formal recognition under BCA or “Building and Construction Authority” Green Mark Scheme. Two sectors that come up as retail outlets and supermarkets have been recently added to “Green Mark Scheme”, which has brought up total category to 14. This scheme brings in best practices to environmental-friendly buildings as well as interiors that covers up different sectors such as restaurants and residential buildings.
Recent Buzz On Green Mark Scheme
Tan Chuan-Ji, Acting Manpower and Minister of National Development announced the details of new sectors when he released second series of BCA in “Chao Chu Kang” for eco-friendly building exhibitions. This roving exhibition comes up with some designs and useful tips on how to create an eco-friendly environment. According to Mr. Tan, retail outlets and super markets that operate on better energy-efficient refrigerator systems and lighting can now make the most from this significant savings. This is because eco-friendly systems make up only half of energy consumption. Right now, three retail channels and four super markets have entered the queue of other sectors for attaining the efforts of green mark.
About Green Mark Scheme
BCA launched “Green Mark Scheme” in the beginning of 2005 for promoting ecological awareness in real-estate sector. Leading purpose of this scheme is to drive construction industry of Singapore towards more eco-friendly buildings. Green Mark Scheme aim at nurturing sustainability in existing environment and publicize environmental benefits among builders, developers, contractors and designers. In addition to this, BCA use this scheme as benchmark for rating environmental affability of green building. It egg on sanction of a built-in design approach that makes use of passive layout and GBTs to accomplish an incessant built environment. Green Mark Scheme of BCA tag along five key aspect to rate green building that includes energy efficiency, environmental protection, water efficiency, indoor quality and other green features that contributes a lot for better performance.
Benefits Of Green Mark Scheme
Green Mark proffers worthy differentiations of constructions and brings in a number of benefits that include a trim down electricity and water bills, improvement in the quality of indoor environment for better living and a subsequent reduction in adverse impact on environment. Green Mark aspires to create sustainable environment with an aim to build ‘Green Homes’. Green Homes proffer you an ability to achieve social, economic and environmental benefits for household, communities and nations. Creating Green Home is an imperative step to contend Singapore’s motive to become a liveable and sustainable global city.
Environmental Benefits of Green Homes
Green Homes capitalize on natural energy for minimizing the requisite non-renewable energy source and reducing carbon print. Green Homes normally come up with passive designs like proper orientation of building for solar shading, ventilation and insulation. In addition to this, building orientation opens up ways for precise use of materials, fittings and fixtures. Some of the leading environmental benefits include:
- No one can deny the fact that natural light contributes a lot for cheerful and bright indoor environments thereby minimizing the requisite of electrical lighting.
- Reflexive cooling strategies protect homes from sweltering simply by blocking unnecessary solar gains.
- Proper orientation of building structure towards north or south can increase the possibilities of accessing predominant wind of Singapore by reducing exposure of building to powerful sun that further boost up inherent inactive cooling strategies.
- Despite saving energy, Green Homes can do a lot more through selection of water-efficient fittings and home appliances. This can really help you protect fresh water that can become most valuable and useful resource of world. Other than environmental benefits, Green Homes introduce a number of social and as well as economic benefits.
