Events

SGBC Members’ Evening with Autodesk

Date : 2 February 2012, Thursday
Time : 5.30pm to 8.15pm (Dinner will be served)
Venue: Conference Room@Level 2 Robert Bosch Building,
11 Bishan Street 21, #02-00, S573943
Fees: SGBC Member: Free / Non-SGBC Member: S$50 per pax (GST not applicable)
CPD Accreditation: BOA-SIA 2 points. STU 1 point, PEB pending.

Buildings are the single largest source of energy consumption today. With energy cost on the rise and the government pushing for buildings to be more energy efficient, owners are increasingly turning to renovations to save on energy bills and meet standards.

In this session, learn how you can benefit from BCA’s Green Mark Incentive Scheme for Existing Buildings when you retrofit your building. Understand how technology can be used to create accurate as-is models and run building energy assessments reports with smaller budget and shorter timeframe; assisting the implementation of practical and financially-viable retrofitting strategies. And how you can use Green certified products towards creating a green building.

CPD Accreditation: BOA-SIA 2 points. STU 1 point, PEB pending.

How to register

RSVP : Kindly RSVP via email by 30 January 2012, to Ms Vivian Feng, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), enquiries please call+65 6634 5518

Please provide your name, company name, designation, email and contact number to complete registration.

For non-SGBC members, please send in your cheque(s), crossed and made payable to Singapore Green Building Council with your completed registration to:

Singapore Green Building Council
11 Bishan Street St 21#04-04A
Singapore 573943
Attention: Vivian Feng

Places will be confirmed upon payment of entrance fees before the commencement date.

Walk-in applicants will only be admitted on the basis of seat availability and full payment.

Notice of withdrawal from the event must be made via email by 30 January 2012 in order to qualify for a full refund of fees paid. Fees paid will not be refunded for notice of withdrawal made after 30 January. You may nominate another person to attend the event on your behalf if you write to us via email by 1 February.

We reserve the right to amend the event details or cancel the event and fully refund the participants.

SGBC Members’ Evening with Autodesk

Date: 25 October 2011, Tuesday
Time: 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Venue: Autodesk @ Solaris, Level 4, 1 Fusionopolis Walk, North Tower
RSVP: Kindly RSVP by 17 October to Ms Vivian Feng, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) / Ms Goh Fang Wei, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) , +65 6634 5518

Designing, building, retrofitting and managing a green building can be a complex and daunting task. By using Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions, it becomes easier for designers, architects, engineers, contractors and owners to make better informed decisions that cost-effectively reduce the impact of buildings.

With major economies pushing the bill towards zero-energy or carbon-neutral buildings, it is only necessary for your business to invest in sustainability knowledge for future growth.

Join us as Mr Jeffrey Ling, Architect 61 Sdn Bhd, discusses a case study on Bangunan Lastari Kumpulan Emkay in Cyberjaya, the award-winning green building in Malaysia and Mr Sunil MK, Autodesk, shares on making better business decisions using cost effective building energy assessment.

About Mr Jeffrey C P Ling, APAM, MSIA ARIBA
Jeffrey is a practising architect for over 20 years covering a wide range of projects including mission critical facilities, commercial highrise offices, hotels, highend residential, institutional establishments and more recently sustainable projects. Under his leadership, Architects 61 is considered one of the leading firm in the country both in architectural and sustainable design.

About Mr Sunil M K, Senior Manager, Autodesk
Sunil is in charge of AEC industry strategy and relations in Asia Pacific, and is a chartered Architect with over 20+ years of AEC Industry experience.

How to register
Kindly RSVP before 17 October.

Please RSVP via email and provide your name, company name, designation, email and contact number to complete registration.

For non-SGBC members, please send in your cheque(s), crossed and made payable to Singapore Green Building Council with your completed registration to:

Singapore Green Building Council
11 Bishan Street St 21#04-04A
Singapore 573943
Attention: Vivian Feng/ Fangwei Goh

Places will be confirmed upon payment of entrance fees before the commencement date.

Walk-in applicants will only be admitted on the basis of seat availability and full payment.

Notice of withdrawal from the event must be made via email by 20 October in order to qualify for a full refund of fees paid. Fees paid will not be refunded for notice of withdrawal made after 20 October. You may nominate another person to attend the event on your behalf if you write to us via email by 24 October.

We reserve the right to amend the event details or cancel the event and fully refund the participants.

WGBC Asia Pacific Network Workshop 2011

VENUE Ballroom, Level 2, Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore
TIME 13:30 – 18:00

The Asia Pacific Network Policy Workshop aims to bring together policy makers and Green Building Councils in the Asia Pacific region to discuss the vital role of government, coupled with industry-led initiatives on Green Building movement in the region. A recent regional study conducted jointly by UNEP and BCA to collate the current trends and lessons learned from sustainable building policies and initiatives in South East Asia will be presented, with the respective country profiles to be launched at the policy workshop. The workshop will also feature joint presentations by government officials and the Green Building Councils in the region to share their latest green building policies and measures to accelerate green building development in the respective countries. Finally, a roundtable dialogue session at the end of the workshop provides a platform to further discuss the key highlights of the presentations and to summarise the call for actions by both policy makers and the Green Building Councils in Asia Pacific region going forward.

The workshop is organised by the World Green Building Council Asia Pacific Network (co-chaired by Singapore GBC and GBC Australia) and supported by Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority, and the United Nations Environmental Program – Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative.

Memorandum of Understanding ” Unity in Green”  Signing Ceremony

Date: 14th September 2011
Venue: Suntec Convention Center,Hall 402, BEX Asia 2011 - Focus@BEX, Singapore

Singapore Green Building Council Announces Business Collaborations to Further Promote Green Building Design, Practices and Technologies.

The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) signed separate Memorandums of Understanding with Housing & Development Board Building Research Institute (HDB-BRI), JTC Corporation (JTC), and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF). Themed “Unity in Green”, these will drive closer collaboration between SGBC and each of these parties to promote green building practices and technologies as well as the Singapore Green Building Product (SGBP) certification scheme.

An MOU was also signed by SGBC with the Beijing Construction Decoration Association (BCDA) to promote the development of Green Buildings in Beijing. 
“The Green Building movement is gathering pace in the face of greater challenges of climate change and resource efficiency. SGBC’s green product certification is a logical step to support the movement and is gathering momentum with increasing recognition from the building industry,” said Mr Tai Lee Siang, President, SGBC.

“The signing of MOUs with HDB-BRI, JTC and SBF signifies strong support from major local industry players on collaboration for activities and most importantly support for our green product certification efforts. The signing of the MOU with BCDA, Beijing, marks a first-of-its-kind collaboration for SGBC with a foreign association. Such spirit of collaboration will further strengthen our ties and also provide a useful platform for Singapore companies to engage the growing markets of Asia,” he added.

Mr. Wu Guo Xing Chairman of BCDA also commented “BCDA 与 SGBC 的合作， 可以为会员， 企业更好的服务， 双方可以更加近一步的交流, 研究, 充分交换意见.  双方共同完成对绿色材料  的认识及标 准的评估 合作， 我们相信双方的合作会非常的愉快和成功。

“HDB-BRI fully supports the green building movement and is happy to collaborate with building industry players like the SGBC. The sharing of green product certification schemes and green practices would benefit both parties. With this MOU, we are strengthening common research and development activities to create a better green built environment for all.” commented by HDB-BRI Managing Director Er Lau Joo Ming.

Mr David Tan Tin Liung, Assistant Chief Executive Officer (TPG) of JTC Corporation commented, “JTC understands the importance of ensuring a sustainable and competitive industrial landscape, and will continue to explore innovative ideas in our strive towards developing environmentally-sustainable industrial infrastructure solutions. With this MOU, we look forward to working closely with the SGBC in our pursuit to break new ground in industrial green practices and technologies.”

Mr Victor Tay, Chief Operating Officer, Singapore Business Federation added that this MOU between SGBC and SBF will further expand our existing collaboration. SBF, as the apex business chamber, will work with SGBC to target emerging opportunities especially in the areas of sustainable urban development and building of eco-cities by promoting greater adoption and commercialization of related initiatives and solutions amongst Singapore companies.”

SGBC is pleased to partner with the mentioned Organization in making the Industry a Greener Future. This desirous of collaborating in research and development activities with the view to promoting green building designs, practices and technologies, integrating green building initiatives into mainstream design, construction and operation of buildings as well as building capability and professionalism to support wider adoption of green building development and practices in Singapore and overseas. 

With this collaboration; it assists in rising trend and concern for sustainable building that we strive to work hand-in-hand with key industry partners and stakeholders to deliver a platform that caters to this need, combining a selling market with key content for professional knowledge and education.

SGBC have received positive and increasing levels of interest for participation in the Green Building Products Certification and are certain that the potential business activities will continue to grow , accounting for significant impact on the robust outlook across all segments of the industry.

SGBC carry the strong belief in working together in strategic collaborations and is committed to continue our long-term partnerships with industry associations and government agencies and stakeholders alike.

For more information, please kindly contact Ms Candy Tan at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 6634 5518.