Uploaded on 2014-12-10 by GrantHume

![enter image description here][1] Designed to exemplify Singapore’s ideal of a ‘city in a garden’, South Beach’s central feature is a ribbon-like and lightweight canopy that is inspired by the natural form and function of a tree. The 280m-long canopy floats across the entire development to filter sunlight, solar glare and channel wind breezes into the public spaces. The result is a comfortable and cool environment all year round. At the same time, lower points of the canopy create valleys where rainwater can be collected and recycled for irrigating South Beach’s lush garden landscape. Other green features include extensive sky gardens which like the canopy, act as ‘lungs’ to create greater natural air movement. These innovative features will contribute significantly to minimise the development’s overall energy consumption. In fact, it is estimated that South Beach will save close to 2,000 MWh of electricity and 174,000m3 of water annually. The Singapore BCA introduced the BCA Green Mark scheme in 2005, designed specifically for buildings in the tropics, to evaluate a buildings environmental impact and recognise its sustainability performance. Singapore buildings are designed from the start to save energy and water, with owners and tenants working together to be greener. The BCA target is for 80% of Singapore buildings to achieve a Green Mark by 2030, up from 25% today. Another critical component of Green Mark, reflecting the reality that Singapore has no natural resources to speak of and is reliant on the import of all building materials, is to use recycled waste material in its construction industry. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14181908927976769.jpg