New BCA benchmark for energy-efficient buildings

SMU has pledged to achieve at least one super low-energy project in the next five years as part of BCA’s new voluntary Green Mark for Super Low Energy rating programme. The programme is meant for non-residential buildings that are at least 60 per cent more energy efficient compared to the 2005 building codes. Under the new rating, office buildings cannot use more than 100 kilowatt hour per square metre a year.