1. Sustainability and the BE Sector
a) Definition of sustainability
b) The science of climate change
c) Importance of sustainable design in the built environment
d) Singapore Green Plan 2030
2. Circularity, Decarbonisation and Business Case for Sustainability
a) Benefits of Green Buildings
b) Environmental, Social and corporate Governance (ESG) Reporting
c) Green and Sustainable Finance
d) Stakeholders and roles
e) Circularity for the Built Environment
f) Overview of energy sources in SG
3. Passive and Active Strategies towards Net Zero
a) Overall approach to green buildings and SLE
b) Passive design strategies
c) Active design strategies
d) Digital Simulations and Tools
1. Introduction to Carbon Management for the BE Sector
a) Overview of greenhouse gases and their impact on the environment
b) What is carbon? How does it contribute to climate change?
c) Overview of carbon management in addressing climate change
d) Embodied and Operational Carbon
2. Whole Life Carbon for the Built Environment
a) Overview of carbon in the BE
b) What is carbon footprint?
c) Whole life carbon and its significance
d) Definition of Scopes 1-3 emission
e) Sources of embodied carbon (A1 to D)
3. Carbon Mitigation Strategies
a) Operational Carbon
b) Embodied Carbon
c) Carbon Calculation (SG Bldg Carbon Calculator)
d) Offsetting Carbon
4. Life Cycle Analysis and Carbon Computation
a) GM:2021 Requirements on Whole life Carbon Section
b) Introduction to Decarbonisation: Framework and Approaches
c) Hands-on Practice: Case Study on LCA Computation of a Building