[Eco-Business] Singapore can sharply cut construction emissions by reusing existing buildings, study finds

Reusing and upgrading existing buildings instead of replacing them could significantly lower Singapore’s carbon footprint, with retrofits cutting embodied emissions by nearly 70 percent, a new study by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has shown.

The assessment, which was based on an upgrade of a 1970s office block into a co-living space called Coliwoo Bugis. Embodied emissions refer to the climate pollution from the full life cycle of construction materials, from extraction to disposal. Embodied emissions account for about 40 percent of a building’s environmental footprint.

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