Keppel awarded cooling services contract for 3 Tengah BTO projects
HDB will work with the group to design and provide infrastructure, such as strengthened roofs
SINGAPORE’S public housing authority has awarded Keppel ’s infrastructure division a chilled water supply contract to design, build and operate centralised cooling systems (CCS) for three upcoming Build-To-Order (BTO) projects.
The contract is for a period of 20 years and is estimated to serve 3,500 households across Brickland Weave, Plantation Edge I & II, and Plantation Verge, said the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Keppel in a joint statement on Monday (Sep 30).
Keppel does not expect the contract to have a material impact on its earnings per share or net tangible asset per share, for the current financial year.
The group will work with HDB to deliver CCS to each home while managing sign-ups and providing installation project management, operation and maintenance works for the system.
Its contracted scope also includes marketing and handling contractual arrangements with residents, which are commercial matters and relate to individual preferences for cooling their units.
Meanwhile, HDB will work with Keppel to design and provide infrastructure such as strengthened roofs and electrical provision for CCS, as well as with risers and common areas for the chilled water pipes.
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The housing authority also made provisions for air-conditioner ledges at all flats in Tengah for residents who do not opt in for CCS services.
HDB said it will support Keppel to ensure that the rollout of CCS in the three BTO projects in Tengah will proceed “as smoothly as possible”.
When completed, CCS across the BTO projects will be connected to Keppel’s operations nerve centre for remote control and real-time performance monitoring.
Buyers of Tengah BTO flats have the option of subscribing to CCS, which involves piping chilled water to homes from centralised chillers installed on the rooftops of selected HDB blocks. This method is seen as a more energy-efficient cooling solution compared to conventional air-conditioning systems.
From Monday, homeowners may visit Keppel’s Energy-as-a-service Experience Centre at Toa Payoh HDB Hub to learn more about Keppel’s engineering and purpose-built designs in a physical mock-up of a typical home unit.
HDB chief Tan Meng Dui said: “With more market players participating in the provision of CCS services in a public housing setting, we hope to further strengthen the industry’s capabilities and deepen the CCS ecosystem, to make HDB living highly liveable and sustainable.”
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