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According to the Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), the country's maximum daily temperature could reach 35 to 37 degrees Celsius by the year 2100, if carbon emissions continue to rise at the current rate. This is compounded by the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The Housing & Development Board (HDB) of Singapore provides affordable and quality homes for over 80 percent of its population. In 2018, HDB developed an Integrated Environmental Modeller (IEM) which enables planners, architects and engineers to simulate the interaction of environmental factors and their combined effects on an urban setting. This enabled them to enhance thermal comfort for the users of the community spaces. The initiative's impact extends across the socioeconomic spectrum, ensuring equitable access to environmentally optimized living spaces. The two-year pilot, launched in 2021, showed that the cool coatings can reduce ambient temperatures by up to 2°C and reduce electricity consumption. Click to Read |
