Solid Natural Gas: An Avenue to a Safer, Cleaner and Brighter Future Dr Praveen Linga Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Natural gas remains a pivotal energy source as societies transition from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable energy sources. However, key hurdles to the wider adoption of natural gas remain, prompting the need for

Greening our buildings: Carbon Symposium for the Built Environment Professor Lam Khee Poh (right) from the College of Design and Engineering at NUS, who moderated the symposium, with Professor Low Teck Seng, NUS Senior Vice President (Sustainability and Resilience), who gave the opening address. Professor Ho Puay Peng from CDE was one of the speakers

HOME › NEWS Recycling of Campus Food Waste Dining establishments such as canteens, food courts and student dining halls with operational kitchens generate waste as a result of their activities. According to a waste composition study conducted by a group of Faculty of Engineering students in April 2020 at The Deck canteen, the bulk of

HOME › NEWS Nudging the NUS Community to Recycle Right Recycling bins for paper, metals and plastics can be found in various locations across the NUS campus. Food and liquid waste contamination in these recycling bins often render the recyclables deposited unsuitable for recycling. The National Environment Agency (NEA) reports that about 40 per cent

HOME › NEWS Skyrise Greenery in Buildings Having skyrise greenery aligns with NUS’ vision of creating an environmentally friendly and sustainable campus. These can take the form of green roofs, roof gardens or vertical greenery. Incorporating green spaces in buildings is one of the strategies adopted by the University to reduce energy consumption, while promoting

HOME › NEWS Tree Planting for a Greener Campus NUS aspires to be an environmentally sensitive and responsible campus. As part its campus greening efforts, the University launched the ‘Planting 10,000 Trees’ initiative in 2018 to preserve and promote Singapore’s rich biodiversity. It also re-affirmed the University’s commitment to fight climate change.[1] Trees can reduce

HOME › NEWS District Cooling on Campus District cooling is the production and distribution of chilled water from a central source to multiple buildings for air-conditioning. It serves buildings close to one another within a radius up to two kilometers from the central chilled water source. Buildings using a centralised district cooling system enjoy energy

HOME › NEWS Smart Campus Water Monitoring System A smart water monitoring system has been implemented at the NUS Kent Ridge Campus since May 2017 to provide real-time, online monitoring of the campus potable water distribution system. The WaterWiSe system, as it is known, uses a network of 11 wireless sensors which continuously monitor the

HOME › NEWS Increasing Water Efficiency in Cooling Towers Cooling towers are an integral component of the chiller plant systems used throughout the campus. They dissipate heat – absorbed in circulating cooling water systems used to cool buildings – into the atmosphere through evaporative cooling. Therefore, by design, cooling towers use significant amounts of water.

HOME › NEWS Congratulations to our NUS students, alumna and staff who won environmental awards! In recognition for their outstanding efforts in protecting the environment, a few of our NUS students, alumna and staff were given various environmental awards. Congratulations to all of them! Woo Qiyun Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Geography Specialization), Year 3 HSBC/NYAA