DBS: Opens net zero building
- DBS, a leading financial services group headquartered in Singapore, operates across 18 markets
- This contributes to the national push to green 80% of Singapore’s buildings
- Extended the lifespan of the building and avoided squandering the embodied carbon
- According to the World Green Building Council, embodied carbon accounts for 11% of global carbon emissions
- The original development may not have been designed with sustainability in mind, making retrofitting more complex
- Began retrofitting works in the middle of 2021, investing over SGD 5 million in the process
