Railing for a Special Green Corridor in Singapore

I read this online ST Forum article espousing the benefits of converting the soon-to-be abandoned Malayan Railway into a green corridor and thought this is a great idea worth discussing further. The benefits of green corridors (we call them Park Connectors here) for green connectivity and for healthy lifestyle activities is common knowledge. We can [...]
Karang Guni Chic
January 28, 2010 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter

Stuart Haygarth collects things and then displays them. Stuff you can find in flea markets become stunning exhibits, like his collection of bottles and vases which he then categorizes by color. The results are amazing.
Refurbished supermarket trolley chair
January 25, 2010 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter

Remember when you were young enough to clamour for your mom to push you around in the supermarket trolley? You can relive those childhood heydays. A UK company called reestore does “contemporary eco designs” out of old everyday items like supermarket trolleys. These trolleys are usually disposed off once their wheels become misaligned, and reestore [...]
Furniture cutouts
January 23, 2010 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter
Using cardboard from the boxes that held her belongings, blogger Nikki decorated an entire bedroom. The photo frame and the nightstand it sits on are actually usable!
Eco Architecture: Elleray Preparatory School unveils sun-powered tree-top classrooms
November 19, 2009 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter

I have yet to visit the “nation’s first” Zero Energy Building, the namers of which have probably forgotten that our kampong pondoks once were zero energy as well, until they pulled a power cable off the main street and into the kampong. Perhaps going back to those basics is a school built from recycled material [...]
More announcements expected at Singapore International Energy Week
November 18, 2009 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter

Sources tell us that a whole slew of announcements from government agencies will be expected at the Singapore International Energy Week – the first of which includes tougher regulations for new buildings.
Singapore’s Building and Construction Industry Looks Set for Tall Sustainable Changes
October 29, 2009 by Olivia Choong
Filed under Design
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As part of Singapore Green Building Week, the inaugural International Green Building Conference (IGBC) was launched yesterday alongside building exhibition BEX Asia 2009, under the theme “Build Green, The Future is Now”.





