Industry Interview with Melissa Lok, Associate Director, Climate Asia
Melissa Lok discusses why Southeast Asia’s built environment climate transition now depends on reliable carbon data, product-level baselines, and the practical capacity to turn disclosure into decisions.
The 50% Nobody Fully Counts
The Missing Half of Building Emissions: Singapore’s data shows tenant electricity use can account for about half of total building electricity consumption in office and retail developments. As electricity is a major driver of operational carbon—and recurring fit outs add significant embodied impacts—tenant interiors are emerging as a critical decarbonisation blind spot that most building level metrics fail to accurately capture.
From River System to Material System
RiverRecycle is a test of whether polluted waterways can support a working recovery system—one tied to local labour, river conditions, and downstream material use, rather than to one-off environmental campaigns.
Exclusive Interview With Allen Ang, Head, Green Building, Decarbonisation & Safety, City Developments Limited; President, Singapore Green Building Council
Allen Ang looks at what Singapore’s built environment decarbonisation agenda demands as it moves beyond targets and into the owner realities.
