Green Kampong – Inspiring a greener today

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

Annies yours for 550 quid

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 makes [...]

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

From ecofriend.org

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 that [...]

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

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”.

Singapore’s first “Zero Energy Building” launched

October 27, 2009 by green team  
Filed under Design

Hello world! Singapore has just launched its first “Zero Energy Building” as the country is positioning itself to be a green hub in the world context creating more awareness and implementation of environmental building standards. While the video above is not related to the launch, it does highlight features that make buildings “Zero Energy”.
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Singapore’s [...]

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