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Decarbonising our Built Environment (Synchronous e-learning)

Topic:Sustainability and Green Skills

Course Type:Short & Modular Courses

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Overview

  • Course Date:

    TBA
  • Registration Period:

    TBA
  • Duration/Frequency:

    8 Hours
  • Mode of Training:

    E-learning (Synchronous)
  • Venue:

    Online
  • Funding:

    Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit

Course Objective

This course equips building industry professionals with skills and knowledge to apply, from strategies, technologies and practices aimed at reducing carbon emissions of buildings and promoting sustainability within Singapore’s built environment. 

Course Outline

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Examine the role of built environment in Singapore’s sustainable development and the roadmap to decarbonise the built environment industry
  • Assess the carbon emissions associated with buildings and sustainability best-practices to incorporate over its lifetime
  • Identify strategies to reduce carbon emissions in the design, construction and operation of the buildings

Topics to be covered
1. Industry and Overview
  • Green building masterplan
  • Carbon emissions associated with buildings
Decarbonisation approach and enablers

2. Embodied carbon and decarbonisation opportunities
  • Sustainable design
  • Green materials
  • Low carbon construction
Case study

3. Operational emissions and decarbonisation opportunities
  • Major asset and components
  • Energy-efficient technologies
  • Renewable energy integration  
  • Digitalisation
Case study

Minimum Requirements

Nitec/Higher Nitec and above

Certification / Accreditation

• Certificate of Attendance (electronic Certificate will be issued)
A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to participants who meet at least 75% attendance rate

• Certificate of Completion (electronic Certificate will be issued)
A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants who pass the assessment and meet at least 75% attendance rate

Suitable for

Sustainability Executives, Sustainability Managers