MOU Signing Between Singapore Polytechnic And Singapore Green Building Council

February 03, 2021

Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote sustainable green technologies and materials through a series of events, courses, and trainings.

The MoU was signed on 11 December 2020 and witnessed by Minister Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration. Minister Desmond Lee, in his opening speech, emphasised the need for greater efforts to build a more resilient and sustainable built environment. Opening speeches were also presented by Mr Soh Wai Wah, Principal and CEO, Singapore Polytechnic, and Dr Ho Nyok Yong, Chairman, Singapore Green Building Council.

Key initiatives under the MoU include greater advancement of greener and more sustainable built environment materials and products as well as greater support in the understanding of the embodied carbon of constructions materials were some of the key initiatives of this collaboration. SP’s expertise in the testing of built environment materials will help to enhance SGBC’s industry-recognised Singapore Green Building Product (SGBP) certification scheme for green building products, which complements the national Green Mark certification scheme for green buildings.

You can visit SGBC’s website for the full article:https://www.sgbc.sg/latesthappenings

Catch the recap of the MoU signing as well as the opening speeches here: