by Brianna Crandall — April 22, 2016 — Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) launched an informative guide with tips to help restaurant and retail owners green their spaces at its recent BCA Green Office Pop-up event.
The new BCA Green Mark for Dummies guide provides tips to help restaurant and retail owners green their spaces with ease.
The new pocket-sized BCA Green Mark for Restaurants and Retail for Dummies enables restaurant and retail outlet owners to embark on their plans to green their spaces with ease. The guidebook includes:
- Comprehensive sets of recommendations for adopting eco-friendly practices and incorporating sustainable features in restaurants and retail outlets; and
- Bite-sized information about the BCA Green Mark sustainable building rating program and tips to obtain certification.
The guide is part of BCA’s ongoing efforts to increase end user engagement in reducing building energy consumption — a key focus in BCA’s Third Green Building Masterplan:
- BCA Green Mark for Restaurants and Retail is one of the five occupant-centric Green Mark programs that were introduced in recent years.
- Since 2011, BCA has received about 50 applicants from restaurants and retail outlets, of which close to 30 have already been awarded the Green Mark certification and several others are in the process of attaining certification.
Fitness First Group’s exclusive Gravity Club is Singapore’s first gym to incorporate sustainable designs and will be awarded the Green Mark GoldPLUS award this year. It boasts some interesting green features including LED lights that can dim according to the time set and zoning of the air-conditioning system, based on usage requirements.
Reminding stakeholders that 50% of the total building energy consumption comes from end users, BCA says it will continue to roll out more initiatives to encourage end users’ active involvement in the fight against climate change. Find out more about the BCA Green Mark Scheme on the BCA Web site.
