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Tan Szue Hann, Head of Sustainability at Surbana Jurong (SJ), and Praveen Hassan Chandrashekar, Senior Executive Associate (Sustainability), were invited by the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and SECOE (Sustainable Energy Centre of Excellence), to conduct two workshops on Multi-Energy Systems and Low Carbon Technologies, in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan.
Surbana Jurong (SJ) recently showcased its thought leadership at the Singapore-Denmark Smart City Roundtable Dialogue held in Singapore. Tan Szue Hann, Head, Sustainability was invited by the Royal Danish Embassy to be on the panel for the forum, to share his thoughts on smart and sustainable business models for cities overseas.
The Sustainability team played an important role in shaping the design of Singapore’s upcoming Woodlands Health Campus (WHC), in cooperation with Surbana Jurong’s Mechanical and Engineering team and the project’s architects.
Do you sometimes forget to close the windows at home and after a sudden downpour, you find parts of your apartment ruined by rain? This is an example of Wind-Driven Rain (WDR), an important environmental factor that can significantly affect the durability of buildings.
SINGAPORE: Fish farms could soon sprout at a park or rooftop near you, if Surbana Jurong's blueprint for a new vertical farming concept catches on.
Surbana Jurong’s (SJ) Sustainability team, in collaboration with the Innovation Programme Office, was invited by Build Eco Xpo Asia, one of Southeast Asia's leading green building exhibitions, to curate Future Home, to showcase how sustainable technologies can be seamlessly integrated in future homes.
Tan Szue Hann, M Arch, heads Sustainability at Surbana Jurong. He is also a Registered Architect, Council Member and Chair of Sustainability at the Singapore Institute of Architects, and is Singapore’s 2015 Young Green Architect of the Year, awarded by the Building & Construction Authority and the Singapore Green Building Council.