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Housing & Development Board to collaborate with SP Group to develop smart and sustainable living spaces in Singapore

Housing & Development Board to collaborate with SP Group to develop smart and sustainable living spaces in Singapore

The Housing & Development Board (HDB) announced
three new research agreements with industry partners at the World Cities Summit
today. The projects aim to advance its goal of creating smart and sustainable
homes for Singaporeans. Through these partnerships, HDB aims to further
leverage technology to optimize energy usage, construction efficiency and
design capabilities in HDB estates of the future.

Powering
Tengah with Artificial Intelligence

The first project involves Tengah, HDB’s
newest town announced in 2016. It will be Singapore’s first and largest smart
and sustainable town, planned with green and sustainable features, and smart
technologies from the outset. HDB will partner the SP Group to study the
potential of developing Tengah into a Smart Energy Town. This involves
developing and test-bedding a centralised
energy software system, akin to a ‘brain’ that will collect, process, analyse, and learn data on energy consumption
at the town-, neighbourhood-, and
apartment-levels.

Called the Smart Energy Concierge, the
system will be powered by artificial intelligence and designed to be connected
to the energy grid, energy storage systems and solar photovoltaic (PV)
generators. It will be programmed to identify patterns and anomalies in energy flow to minimise
disruption to services, channel energy more efficiently to optimise energy use,
and promote greater conservation of energy.

Additionally, an Energy Concierge App will
be developed to tap on the artificial intelligence of the Smart Energy
Concierge software, opening up the potential for innovative services to be
created for residents. Future residents of Tengah, including the Town Council,
could link their utilities account to the app, to view their energy consumption
rates, pay utility bills, and much more.

This holistic approach to energy planning and management will be the
first-of-its-kind for an HDB town and the
largest of its scale in Singapore. It will enable a more efficient and sustainable
model of energy management, will be conducted over a one-year period from July
2018.

Expanding
Design and Construction Capabilities through 3D Concrete Printing

In the second project, another first for
public housing, HDB will embark on a 3-year research project with Robin Village
Development Pte Ltd and collaborators Witteveen+Bos South East Asia Pte Ltd and
Nanyang
Technological University
(NTU), to explore the potential adoption of
3D concrete printing for the production of unique architectural forms and
components which would otherwise be expensive and time-consuming to produce.

The research collaboration, costing an
estimated $3 million, will look into developing digital fabrication technologies
through the creation of a 3D concrete printer. If proven successful, it will
offer more design options for HDB developments, and expand the capabilities in
the construction industry. It will also raise construction productivity, and
reduce the dependency on conventional precast fabrication workers, thus
addressing potential labour shortages.

Exploring
New Terrain to Expand Solar Capabilities in the Open Sea

To support the acceleration of solar
adoption in Singapore, HDB is studying the use of its floating modular system –
an in-house invention – for the deployment of solar panels in open sea
conditions. It will partner ISO Landscape Pte Ltd to study and develop a
Floating Solar System for coastal marine conditions, that can address the
harsher environmental conditions at sea. The collaboration seeks to overcome
the challenges of marine conditions, like strong winds, wave action, and the
accumulation of marine organisms. The study is expected to be completed by
2019.

Enhanced
Quality of Life through Landscape Planning and Design

HDB has developed a Biophilic Town
Framework to guide the enhancement of existing natural assets and the
development of residential landscapes that promote a greater sense of place,
better health and well-being, and enhanced quality of life for residents. The
framework is documented in a book, titled “Nature, Place & People”, in collaboration
with NUS,
and with support from NParks, and URA. It outlines
the strategies needed to plan and design urban landscapes to achieve the larger
urban development goals of sustainability, liveability, and resilience, through a comprehensive set of considerations in
the aspects of soil, flora and fauna, outdoor comfort, water, and people.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

PARTNER

CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

PARTNER

Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

PARTNER

HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

PARTNER

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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