The National Parks Board and property firm City Developments Ltd opens two new facilities in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, which includes a certified green building that also promotes the country’s history of greening efforts
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday opened two new facilities at the Singapore Botanic Gardens – the SBG Heritage Museum and the CDL Green Gallery - built by the National Parks Board and Singapore-listed City Developments Limited (CDL).
Both buildings, located at the Holttum Lawn, commemorate Singapore’s 50 years of greening initiatives and the property firm’s 50th anniversary. The CDL Green Gallery is Singapore’s first zero-energy gallery.
The recently released Draft Master Plan by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has promised more green spaces around planned new neighbourhoods, and experts say this could help reduce the environmental impact of urban growth significantly.
SINGAPORE: The recently released Draft Master Plan by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has promised more green spaces around planned new neighbourhoods, and experts say this could help reduce the environmental impact of urban growth significantly.
But they also emphasise that environmental sustainability will require more than just the building of facilities and hardware.
