The Energy Efficiency Programme Office (E2PO) and Siemens will be undertaking a first-of-its-kind study in Singapore, as part of efforts to promote a more energy-efficient Singapore.
It will offer useful insights into the energy use patterns across different sectors.
These include the residential, commercial, transport and info-communication sectors within a town.
Tampines will be used as a representative town.
This study is part of E2PO’s initiative to promote emerging energy-efficient technologies and innovation, as well as the adoption of energy efficiency in Singapore.
This study will look into the energy use of a densely-populated and compact town and assess the technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness and commercial viability of different technologies for energy reduction.
It aims to propose systems-wide solutions that go beyond energy-efficiency measures that operate only at the individual equipment level.
The study will take about a year to complete.
Cities such as London and Munich have conducted similar studies.
Mr Andrew Tan, CEO of NEA said: “By assessing our energy consumption patterns for residential and commercial buildings, transportation and infocomm services for existing towns such as Tampines, we can optimise energy reduction across different sectors and systems. We hope that the results of this town-level study will provide us with new insights of the possible technology solutions that are scalable, practical and replicable, not only for Singapore but other cities with existing infrastructure.”
Mr Lothar Herrmann, CEO of Siemens Asean-Pacific, said: “Our broad offering of sustainable city solutions and experiences in working on the Green City Index, a series of studies that examines cities’ environmental performance, provides us with the necessary expertise to work on this study holistically.”
