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| The DVUCA city management system dashboard features data from Singapore and other cities for quick comparisons of usage of water and power; and can even go micro to show if a person is at their desk. |
Singapore Green Building Week has opened its doors, anchored by Build Eco Xpo (BEX) Asia, Southeast Asia’s trade exhibition for the region’s green building market, and Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) Asia, a regional HVAC-R*, water and energy exhibition.
BEX and MCE Asia, along with the annual International Green Building Conference (IGBC), offer a platform for deliberating the future of green buildings and sustainable development in the region and globally. Over 12,000 international visitors, including green building industry professionals, thought leaders, policy makers and end-users are expected to congregate at the events to discuss and exchange ideas on the innovations that will shape the future of sustainable cities.
With the theme Build Green: Build Smart. Build Communities, IGBC 2018 attracts participants from across the entire building and construction value-chain, committed to understanding and putting into action real-world, tangible and leading green building solutions.
A highlight of the showfloor this year is Surbana Jurong’s City of ____. Depicting the possibilities that technology can bring to future cities, the setup brings to life an environment that integrates sustainable, smart and productive technologies to transform how humans interact with their surroundings. The life-sized urban mockup will allow visitors to visualise how spaces associated with living, work and play can be reimagined to bring about an improvement in quality of life.
Walking through the simulated city grid, visitors will witness firsthand the benefits offered by DVUCA’s city management system, which enables better traffic monitoring and optimised energy usage. The exhibit also showcases different technologies such as Thinkphi’s solar powered umbrella.
Advancing its Quality Air for Life message, Panasonic is showcasing the latest integrated air solutions, which combine air-conditioning and ventilation to improve overall indoor air quality.
To improve hygiene and enhance convenience for commercial users, Dyson’s Airblade Wash+Dry combines a tap and hand dryer. The innovation saves space in the washroom while reducing the problem of water dripping on the floor as users move from handwashing to a separate hand drying station.
David Yim, Marketing Manager, AGC Asia Pacific, one of the key exhibitors at BEX 2018, said, “BEX Asia is the ideal platform to nurture interest in green building innovations and an opportunity for us to raise awareness among visitors on technologies that are transforming the built sector. For example, AGC is excited to demonstrate how next-generation electrochromic technology combats glare and solar heat in commercial and residential buildings.”
AGC will continue to showcase its Halio smart-tinting technology that tints uniformly in less than three minutes when exposed to light. Halio looks like conventional glass, but begins tinting within 20 seconds to provide glare protection and block unwanted heat.
In its next edition, BEX and MCE Asia will be complemented by two new flagship events - Innobuild (IB) Asia and Smart Cities & Buildings (SCB) Asia. SCB Asia will focus on digital convergence of solutions and technology into the built environment. The role of technology in transforming the building and construction industry will be further underlined with IB Asia, which will look at how companies can tap on productive technologies, equipment and systems to build more efficiently.
“Clearly, as technology advancements disrupt industries across the world, the built environment sector in Asia will not be spared. Nations are also accelerating their journeys to become smart cities, proving that technology is already playing a crucial role in helping to solve today’s urban challenges and securing a sustainable future for generations to come,” said Michelle Lim, MD, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, Reed Exhibitions.
“These events will be an important accelerator of the industry’s transformation, helping stakeholders keep abreast of change and facilitating their evolution as the industry shifts towards smarter and more sustainable living spaces of tomorrow.”
Details:
Singapore Green Building Week ends 7 September. BEX and MCE are located at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Level 1.
*Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration
