According to Poh, the built environment accounts for 35% of global carbon emissions, represented by embodied carbon and operational carbon. The former refers to emissions generated for manufacturing, transporting and installing of building materials, for instance, the pillars of a building. Operational carbon refers to emissions arising from the energy used in building operations such as airconditioning.
JTC Corporation CEO Jacqueline Poh says Singapore’s construction sector (worth around $46 billion this year) is experiencing a “boom” that will continue for the next five years despite the overall “rocky” business environment. Poh was speaking at the Sustainable Tech Forum held on Jan 22, which was themed “AI for Sustainability — Harnessing Intelligent Technologies to Power Climate Action and Enterprise Resilience”.
In addition to sharing that nugget of information, Poh shares that JTC, as the national agency for Singapore’s industrial development, is harnessing artificial intelligence as a “force multiplier” to embed sustainability into the design and operation of buildings.
