New lease of life for old, non-green offices

Singapore

AS green offices proliferate across Singapore, will the many existing non-green offices that still form the bulk of the country's building stock - and still consume a lot of energy - become overshadowed or fade into obscurity?

The Building & Construction Authority (BCA) is not willing to allow this to happen, and is encouraging owners to allow the buildings to undergo green retrofit and renovation works.

Such works typically include incorporating ways to reduce energy usage, such as chiller plant replacements, optimisation of air-con systems and the installation of energy-efficient light fittings and heat-recovery systems.

In some cases, after retrofitting, the buildings' performance standards can be compared wi…