Greening the Megablock

New buildings are a massive use of resources and source of emissions so ensuring they are as energy - efficient as possible during their lifetime is essential for a school aiming for sustainable development.

On a tour of the Megablock this week Operations Director Simon Thomas showed us the large planting areas that will help keep temperatures cool as well as some of the innovative air conditioning engineering that will help us control electricity consumption.

Simon's designs mean that we will be able to plant as many as 50 indigenous trees within the building footprint alongside flowering plants and vegetables. The cooling system designed in collaboration with the Future Cities Lab at NUS means the building will have a much smaller impact than a building this size would normally have.

At the moment the MegaBlock just looks, well, like a Mega block, but within a year or so we should see it transformed into a green building we can be proud of.