Key
Sustainability
Initiatives
NS Square has attained the Building and Construction Authority’s Green Mark Platinum (Super Low Energy) Award in line with the Singapore Green Plan 2030, and will adopt a series of environmentally sustainable initiatives to reduce its energy consumption and footprint.
Environmentally sustainable initiatives
To reduce energy consumption, more than 80% of NS Square will be naturally or mechanically ventilated.
To reduce energy consumption, more than 80% of NS Square will be naturally or mechanically ventilated.
For the remaining 20% of spaces, NS Square will tap onto the Marina Bay District Cooling network for its air-conditioning systems, which will reap energy savings derived from the highly efficient centralised chilled water system.
Situated in the Marina Bay financial district, the Marina Bay District Cooling network is an underground, centralised energy system that distributes chilled water to supply air-conditioning to a network of buildings. This energy- and economically-efficient utility service improves the district’s energy efficiency and reduces its carbon emissions.
Photovoltaic panels will be installed on the roofs of NS Square to generate renewable solar power to supplement the development’s energy requirements. The roofs will also be extensively planted with greenery to provide rainwater harvesting, improve thermal insulation and reduce the urban heat island effect.
Photovoltaic panels will be installed on the roofs of NS Square to generate renewable solar power to supplement the development’s energy requirements. The roofs will also be extensively planted with greenery to provide rainwater retention, improve thermal insulation and reduce the urban heat island effect.
Rainwater will be harvested from the roofs of NS Square and used to irrigate the lush greenery in the building.
NS Square will be equipped with water-efficient fittings to reduce the overall water consumption of the development.
Rainwater will be harvested from the roofs of NS Square and used to irrigate the lush greenery in the building.
NS Square will be equipped with water-efficient fittings to reduce the overall water consumption of the development.
The embodied carbon of a development refers to the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the construction, materials extraction, transportation, and disposal phases of its life cycle.
The demolished materials from The Float – concrete and steel, will be recycled or reused, and used to supplement the construction materials for constructing NS Square.
The plastic bucket seats from the former Seating Gallery are repurposed and reused, or recycled.
Several of the floating pontoons have also been reused as floating barges to support water-borne construction works, and as a floating site office for overseeing the construction works.