Singapore government encourages firms, developers to be more environment-friendly

The government is encouraging firms and developers to be more environmentally-friendly through three new initiatives. Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu has announced that all new public sector buildings and those undergoing major retrofitting works must be Green Mark certified. Green Mark is a rating system to evaluate a building for its environmental impact and performance. HDB, the largest housing developer here, will have all its new public housing certified from next year.

The second initiative of $20 million will go into the new Green Mark Incentive Scheme over three years. It will be used to reward those who use green building technologies extensively. Finally, the National Development Ministry has allocated $50 million to a new research fund over the next five years. It aims to intensify research and development efforts in green building technologies and energy efficiency.

- Lynntan has put up a post on the SPOG mailing list. This news item is splashed all over the front page of the Straits Times today. Talk about building up awareness.

It's a good step in the right direction. But I'd also like to know what they are planning to do with existing buildings. Meanwhile, Spain has gone further and actually made solar panels compulsory.

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