Devaraj Domingo_SIE2016 - T3

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...

In the article, “Singapore revs up engine for autonomous vehicles race”, Noble (2019) reports on how Singapore is pursuing and competing with other countries on incorporating driverless vehicles into their transportation system. In recent years AVs have slowly been on the rise in Singapore. To swiftly step up efforts on incorporating driverless vehicles, multiple organisations in Singapore have collaborated to implement the TR(68). The TR(68) was developed to inculcate safety into implementing driverless vehicles. Chao (2019) stresses that “AV could pave the way for road safety, citing that 94% of vehicular accidents have taken place due to human error”. With the implementation of driverless vehicles, it will give assurance towards a safer driving and better mobility catered to those with disabilities and old age. Based on the article, the writer mentions how Singapore is stepping up its efforts to incorporate AVs due to the benefits and advantages it brings. However, she failed to in...

In the article, “Singapore revs up engine for autonomous vehicles race”, Noble (2019) reports on how Singapore is pursuing and competing with other countries on incorporating driverless vehicles into their transportation system. In recent years AVs have slowly been on the rise in Singapore. To swiftly step up efforts on incorporating driverless vehicles, multiple organizations in Singapore have collaborated to implement the TR(68). The TR(68) was developed to inculcate safety into implementing driverless vehicles. Elaine Chao (2019) stresses that “AV could pave the way for road safety, citing that 94% of vehicular accidents have taken place due to human error”. With the implementation of driverless vehicles, it will give assurance towards a safer driving and better mobility catered to those with disabilities and old age. While I agree with this to some extent with Noble’s central assertion, I feel that the writer only talks about the positive aspects of AV while leaving out the negati...

In the article, "Singapore revs up engine for autonomous vehicles race", Noble (2019) reports on how Singapore is pursuing and competing with other countries on incorporating driverless vehicles into their transportation system. In recent years AVs have slowly been on the rise in Singapore. To swiftly step up efforts on incorporating driverless vehicles, multiple organizations in Singapore have collaborated to implement the TR(68). The TR(68) was developed to inculcate safety into implementing driverless vehicles. Elaine Chao (2019) stresses that "AV could pave the way for road safety, citing that 94% of vehicular accidents have taken place due to human error". With the implementation of driverless vehicles, it will give assurance towards a safer driving and better mobility catered to those with disabilities and old age. While I agree with this to some extent with Noble's main assertion, I feel that the writer only talks about the positive aspects of AV while ...

Summarized Article’s Main Idea + Thesis Statement: (Level I Controlling Idea) Singapore is pursuing and competing with other countries on incorporating driverless vehicles into their transportation system. I. First Supporting Idea - (Level II Controlling Idea) Technical Reference (TR68) II. Second Supporting Idea - (Level II Controlling Idea) Safer mobility and efficient transportation for the old aged and disabled III. Third Supporting Idea - (Level II Controlling Idea) Diving into the development phase of AVs + Your Main Idea/Thesis Statement: (Level I Controlling Idea) While I agree with this to some extent with Noble's main assertion, I feel that with advantages also come disadvantages for AVs, which was something the writer has failed to include in this article. IV. First Supporting Idea - (Level II Controlling Idea) Malfunction or system failure of AVs. a. Explanation of the supporting idea During the trip or journey the AVs se...

In the article, "Singapore revs up engine for autonomous vehicles race", Noble (2019) reports on how Singapore is pursuing and competing with other countries on incorporating driverless vehicles into their transportation system. In recent years AVs have slowly been on the rise in Singapore. To swiftly step up efforts on incorporating driverless vehicles, multiple organizations in Singapore have collaborated to implement the TR(68). The TR(68) was developed to inculcate safety into implementing driverless vehicles. Elaine Chao (2019) stresses that "AV could pave the way for road safety, citing that 94% of vehicular accidents have taken place due to human error". With the implementation of driverless vehicles, it will give assurance towards a safer driving and better mobility catered to those with disabilities and old age. As such Singapore has begun to look into the development phase of AVs. While I agree with this to some extent with Noble's main assertion, I f...

In the article "Singapore revs up engine for autonomous vehicles race" Noble (2019) reports on how Singapore is trying to keep up and compete with other countries on incorporating driverless vehicles into their transportation system. This is evident, as Noble (2019) mentions how multiple organizations in Singapore are collaborating on implementing the Technical Reference (68), which targets to bring about safety towards incorporating driverless vehicles. At the same time, Noble(2019) shares how countries like Germany and Korea have already begun conducting test and research outside of test sites to enhance further and improve the development of autonomous vehicles. Despite Singapore showing progress over the years in their efforts to incorporate driverless vehicles, they are still not on par with other countries and lags behind. Based on development-wise, Singapore is still within the primary stages of development as compared to other countries who are already working on in t...