City Developments programme aims to cut 1million kg of carbon emissions a year

Channel NewsAsia 5 Dec 07;

SINGAPORE : Property developer City Developments has started an environmental programme with a specific target - to cut a million kilogrammes of carbon emissions a year.

The programme is being implemented in more than half of its buildings, including Republic Plaza.

The air conditioning in these buildings will be raised by one degree to 24 degrees Celsius. This means that the buildings will use less energy to cool the premises.

Research by the Energy Market Authority of Singapore and the US Department of Energy has shown that about 3 percent of an electricity bill is saved for every 1 degree Celsius that the thermostat is raised, in a 24-hour period.

There are now 10 City Developments buildings involved in the programme, which was started in October 2007. - CNA/ms