Distributed District Cooling – A cool solution for a greener Singapore
An interconnected, centralised cooling system across Tampines Central could achieve energy savings and reductions in carbon emissions to support Tampines’ green ambitions to transform into an Eco Town by 2025. The findings was part of a white paper study on the feasibility of brownfield distributed district cooling by Temasek and SP Group (SP), and was supported by the Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE).
Fourteen existing buildings within the Tampines Central Area were involved in the study, representing a range of various uses, including retail malls, commercial and public offices, data centres, and a community sports hub. According to findings outlined in the white paper, consolidating the cooling loads of the 14 buildings under a distributed district cooling (DDC) network would result in:
- 17% lower energy consumption – enough to power 1,665 three-room HDB households for a year;
- An 18% reduction in carbon emissions, from both energy savings and refrigerant reduction – equivalent to removing 2,250 cars from roads annually; and
- S$4.3 million annually from energy savings, reduction in equipment replacement and maintenance costs and potential earnings from freeing up chiller plant space, which can be converted into retail or office space.
In a signing ceremony witnessed by Minister Masagos Zulkifli at Our Tampines Hub, property owners CapitaLand, Frasers Property, OCBC Bank, People’s Association and UOB each signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with SP to affirm their interest in subscribing to this sustainable cooling solution. The commitment of these building owners brings the distributed district cooling network one step closer to materialisation in Tampines.
Find out more in our white paper: here
