Growing its crop of certified green buildings from just 17 in 2005 to over 2,100 this year, Singapore announced a multi-pronged approach to extend its ambitious green building goals even further in the coming years. At the annual International Green Building Conference on Sept. 1-3, officials with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) released key data from its energy benchmarking study and offered 102 million Singapore dollars ($81.5 million U.S.) in new incentives to developers, tenants and green product producers.
The BCA will employ these strategies to “green at least 80% of the entire building stock by 2030 and share our experience with cities in the tropical and sub-tropical belt,” says John Keung, CEO. To date, about 25% of the island nation-state's total gross floor area has been certified by BCA’s Green Mark program.