Dover Campus' commitment to the Mission recognised in Straits Times

Dover Campus' commitment to the making education a force for a sustainable future was recognised in Straits Times last week. You can see a display of some of the amazing tech that has made the megablock a world-class building in terms of energy efficiency in the foyer of the Administration Offices on the third floor.







 Our whole campus was also inspected earlier this month for the final assessment for Green Mark Platinum - a certification of buildings that meet strict environmental criteria. The 5 components of the assessment are Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Sustainable Operation and Management, Indoor Air Quality and Other Green Features. Simon Thomas, our Director of Operations who has been leading the bid for this certification explains the significance:

"If we are successful in this application and we are given the Platinum award (the highest available in Singapore) it will be a true testament and recognition to the efforts of the whole department in continuously making decisions based on energy and water efficiency and acting in line with best practices in sustainable operation and management of the facilities.

It must be remembered that sustainability is at the heart of the UWCSEA educational mission and this whole effort demonstrates our alignment in not only educating the students in sustainability but very much acting as a leading example of green facilities management for other organisations in Singapore.

This journey has been ongoing for over 7 years, It’s been a rather extraordinary effort from many individuals to get the campus to this position, I am very grateful for everyone’s efforts. Thank You!"

Good luck to Simon and the team...we expect the good news soon!
Follow the team's superb work on all their engineering strategies for resource efficiency on the Negative Watts blog.