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For a small country, Singapore has made tremendous efforts to safeguard the environment in the face of rapid urban development and climate change. Recently, local planning authorities have begun to pay more attention to the preservation and improvement of ecological networks in the city state. In this article, we are privileged to have Mr Abdul …
What is greenwashing?Greenwashing is a form of spin in which green PR or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organization's products, aims and/or policies are environmentally friendly (More info here). Basically, the company tells you the product they are peddling is environmentally friendly, but it really isn’t.Greenwashing is common for many …
This week, we have Dr Steve Kardinal Jusuf, senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore, Department of Building, weighing in on how urban greenery can reduce outdoor air temperature. Thanks Steve!- UGL Urban greenery provides several benefits because it dissipates incoming solar radiation on the building structures through its effective shading; it can reduce …
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One of our objectives for starting the Urban Green Lab is to come up with a catelogue of plants and how best to deploy them on the green wall. It will cover aspects of light provision, irrigation, special characteristics, cost, physical attributes, etc. This will be THE list to have to enable anyone to choose …
Usually when it comes to designing for a green wall, there are actually many steps and decision-making process to make. However certain processes are forgotten, resulting in problems occurring in the long run.The image illustrates the process of designing a green wall. It is modeled after waves and curves, which accentuates colors as well as contrasting textures …
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In one of my projects with Ms Linda Teo, we wrote on how best to design green wall systems. The end product was a checklist shown here. There is a story behind every checklist, and the story here is that too many people have an acutely simplified and all too romantic notion of vertical greenery. Lush …
