Building sustainable Asian cities
Climate change and global warming present Asia Pacific's building and construction industry with unprecedented challenges. To find solutions to build more sustainable cities, Singapore hosted the inaugural International Built Environment Week (IBEW) 2019.
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Berita / Bandar-bandar
Future or fantasy: Are floating cities the next stage of Singapore’s urban development?
Will this eco-friendly, self-sustaining floating island envisaged by a Japanese engineering firm provide more land for Singapore’s people, or remain mere fantasy?
Berita / Bangunan Hijau
Tall, flexible, and digitally connected: A peek at the buildings of the future
Studio EB
What will buildings and cities of the future look like in the face of global megatrends like climate change? Eco-Business gazes into the crystal ball with industry experts at the recent International Built Environment Week in Singapore.
Berita / Bangunan Hijau
How will low-lying Singapore’s built environment survive rising seas?
Studio EB
Singapore’s response to climate change is more adaptation than prevention. So how will the vulnerable city-state protect its most valuable assets—its buildings—from rising sea levels?
Berita / Bangunan Hijau
Beyond going green, the built environment seeks to improve health
Studio EB
Developers are increasingly aware of the link between buildings and occupants’ health, and they’re designing places where workers are more productive, less stressed and less likely to fall sick.
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Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan
Singapore recycling firm Tay Paper set to close
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Berita / Tenaga
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Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
Google appoints Spencer Low as first Asia Pacific sustainability head
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Berita / Tenaga
Fossil fuel subsidy cuts will posit Malaysia as clean energy leader, but require phased approach: experts
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Berita / Pembuatan
Carbon pricing is seen as a ‘way out’ for the Malaysian steel industry to cut emissions
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Berita / Makanan & Pertanian
Practising human rights due diligence in the palm oil industry
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) defines HRDD as a process of identifying, …
