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Green Buildings In Singapore

The Marina Bay Sands, it is one of Singapore's Eco-friendly building. Known for its entertainment and leisure purposes, it is also known to be Singapore's largest building to be certified Eco-friendly. Before the building was even constructed, planners has already decided to incorporate 'Green' features into the design and architect into it. The hotel is covered by an extensive network of shades along with specially designed concave and convex roof to reduced the heat level of the interiors. Further more, engineers use recycled materials such as drainage cells, timber decking, drywall partitions and fire-rated doors whenever possible. In regards to water conservation, the hotel's specially designed Arts Science Museum is able to collect rainwater for use in the building's toilets and for use of irrigation. Additionally, it also have self closing taps and constant flow regulators to ensure minimal wastage, reducing the consumption around 350 million liters per year. And lastly, the air conditioning of the building uses significantly less power than other conventional system as it uses chilled water from an innovative water-cooled chilled system.