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Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands (MBS) (pictured) has been awarded the prestigious Green Mark Gold award by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), its first green accolade since opening two years ago.
The integrated resort is the first largest single building in the country to be awarded for its sustainability efforts.
“We knew that we were going to have to deal with all these higher operating costs later on if we didn’t invest the capital at the design and procurement stage of the building,” said Kevin Teng, Director of Sustainability at MBS.
He noted that there were many reasons for MBS securing the award.
“We have the most guest rooms of any property in Singapore and we have made them as environmentally friendly as possible. From the beginning, we knew we had to get it right because the impact is multiplied by 2,560 rooms — which is about five times the number of a standard hotel.”
Teng also said that two out of three lights installed at MBS are energy-efficient. While these lights cost more than traditional ones, he noted that they can last at least twice as long and consume only a seventh of the energy traditional ones do.
Launched in 2005, BCA’s Green Mark scheme is aimed at driving Singapore’s construction industry towards building more environment-friendly developments. As of now, thousands of green buildings in the country are BCA-certified.
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