Annotated Summary

According to an online magazine, "The Push for Green Buildings"  Soh (2016) addresses how tenants and residents knowledge of eco-friendly buildings plays an essential step in supporting eco-friendly buildings become genuinely green in Singapore. She emphasized that in the fields of weather change and environmental sustainability, attaining significant progress requires the ongoing engagement, collaboration and mindset change of the greater community. Doing so will help to align Singapore efforts in targeting to decrease its emissions intensity number from its 2005 levels by 2030.

Although about a third of Singapore's building stock has been taken up by green buildings, there is still a significant number at hand that is not eco-friendly. Looking at its current state, many of the consumers and end-users in Singapore today lack a shared understanding of green buildings and their benefits. Mandyck (2014) mentions how studies have shown that eco-friendly buildings obtain more favourable rent prices and funds for building landlords. Tenants can achieve higher economic profits as green buildings can enhance the well-being and productivity of the people operating in them.  Aside from that, green buildings can likewise contribute to the environment and sustainability as they are designed to consume less energy, conserve water, reduce emission and produce less waste. As such, by expanding more green buildings around Singapore, it can help to tackle the increasing effects of climate change, such as global warming.

In conclusion, this article on the push for green buildings in Singapore strongly correlates with the team research as they strive to increase awareness among consumers and end-users on the benefits of green buildings. The team firmly believe that a mutual partnership with the people and industry stakeholder is crucial to achieving an environmentally sustainable future environment in Singapore.

References

The Push for Green Buildings: Singapore Magazine. (2016). Retrieved October 21, 2019, from https://singaporemagazine.sif.org.sg/the-push-for-green-buildings


Comments

  1. Fazilah4 November 2019 at 21:31

    Good effort. Try to do an annotated summary for your other research material so that you have a good understanding of your topic, how they are useful for your project and can be used within your technical proposal report assignment. Best wishes for the assignment and the oral presentation!

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