When good design works with nature to shape a sustainable future

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The NUS School of Design and Environment shares latest tools that can transform facilities to enhance well-being, combat climate change and protect against the pandemic, but a mindset shift is imperative.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sustainable buildings “could become mainstream”. This was a comment made by Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Sir Norman Foster at the opening keynote of the Forum of Mayors on Oct 6, organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

Collectively, NUS SDE now has a comprehensive toolkit the building industry can employ to improve the standard of living of people — including their health and well-being — who occupy these buildings. “We sent men to the moon in 1969. Don’t you think that technology 50 years ago has actually improved to the point that we can achieve similar advances for our facilities?”

“The same must be thought about when we rethink how we design buildings, and how we want to operate them.” “When you increase the air temperature, you want to also increase air velocity to maintain the same level of comfort,” says Mr Bertrand Lasternas, an associate director of energy management at NUS SDE.

Smart building owners and users are faced with a lot of data but do not know how to extract real value from this information overload.

 

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