Here’s an update on the use of coal in Singapore: Tuas Power’s coal plant Read the chronology of the clean coal and biomass cogeneration plant by Tuas Power. Tuas Power’s new coal and biomass plant at Jurong Island would start operations mid next year, and the company has signed a…
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IDC’s LCA Calculator Makes It Easy to Conduct Life Cycle Assessment of Products
UK product design agency, Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC), has recently launched the LCA Calculator, a new web-based solution for lifecycle analysis of products. Life Cycle Analysis or Assessment (LCA) refers to the study of the environmental impact of a product over its entire life-span. The LCA Calculator by IDC provides…
Continue ReadingGreen Manufacturing Technologies and Products at the Sustainable Manufacturing Centre in Singapore
The Sustainable Manufacturing Centre (SMC) is an industry innovation centre under the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). SMC was set up to help the manufacturing industry develop and implement innovative sustainable manufacturing technologies that reduce emissions, waste…
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Green Future Solutions has just launched our new website, Low Carbon Singapore, an online community dedicated to help Singapore reduce her carbon emissions and move towards the goal of a low carbon economy. Our aim is to educate individuals, communities, businesses and organisations on issues relating to climate change, global…
Continue ReadingBe Conscious of the Food You Eat
The food we eat could have travelled long distances and be produced in an unsustainable way. We need to be conscious of what we eat – how our food is grown and produced. But the 20th-century industrialization of agriculture has increased the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the food…
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