Green Buildings News
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Women's voices key to carving a sustainable futureWhat does climate change look like through a female lens? This year's Women's Forum Singapore gathered over 700 delegates and speakers in a conversation about gender equality and how women's leadership is crucial to saving the planet. -
Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?Singapore uses greenery to keep cool, calm and clean. But many of its green areas are ecologically sparse by design. Is the hyper-urbanised city-state nature-loving enough to grow into a city in nature?
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From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building WeekAsia Pacific
From breathing walls to rain-harvesting canopies: The coolest tech at Singapore Green Building Week
If Asia’s sprawling built environment is going to thrive in a future shaped by climate change, technology will have to help. Here are some of the coolest tech innovations Eco-Business saw during Singapore Green Building Week. -
Singapore International Water Week 2018: A milestone in waterThe recent edition of the Singapore International Water Week was a high-water mark for a conference celebrating its tenth anniversary, with more than 24,000 people in attendance and nearly $23 billion worth of deals and opportunities unveiled.
Green Buildings Opinion
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Why CEOs need to become activists in sustainability– Digital opinion analysis points to a demand from consumers for CEOs to take a stand on social issues of global implication. Could this signal a new age of a ‘race to the top’ in corporate sustainability commitments? Clarissa Watson writes. -
Are the SDGs unsustainable?– Asia Pacific is failing to achieve the SDGs. But this reflects humanity's collective failure, and is the fault of the SDGs themselves, writes Nigel Howard. -
Can 1 billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?– As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change convenes an international scientific conference in Canada this week to explore how to strengthen cities' ability to withstand climate change, David Satterthwaite urges them not to forget the people living in informal settlements.
Green Buildings Videos
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Here's a new air conditioner that cools without warming the planet– No hot air here: Researchers from the National University of Singapore produce the first prototype of a new, environmentally friendly air conditioner in what could be a “quantum leap” in the 100-year old technology.
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Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow– Moving away from narratives that spell fear of climate-related catastrophes, "Tomorrow" tells stories of how ordinary people -- from Icelandic volcanoes to Indian slums -- employ innovative ways to fight the effects of climate change.
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Singapore unveils new green building 'skylab' for the tropics– The BCA Skylab is the first high-rise revolving laboratory for the tropics meant to enable the testing of sustainable building technologies.
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Thai homes score world's first in storing sunshine– A Thai firm has built the country's first homes that runs on solar power for 24 hours a day, using a hybrid of solar PV panels and fuel cells.
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