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It's how you plan society as well. Singapore is dense and has great public transport. America conciously builds sprawling suburbs that require private cars to
by adwww 7y ago
It's how you plan society as well. Singapore is dense and has great public transport.
America conciously builds sprawling suburbs that require private cars to get around.
We can choose to build a society that does not need as much car use.
- sfifs 7y agoTrue and Singapore's government has been very systematic about broadening public transport access - not just for energy reasons but also for economic participation & health reasons (people walk a lot more). But Singapore also air conditions everything which is a fairly heavy energy use in tropical climate much like how heating is a massive energy use in northern climates and spends a lot of effort/energy on keeping sidewalks, grounds and pavements manicured, watered & in good repair. As the founder of Singapore argued, the lifestyle gain - though at the cost of consuming more energy is a massive competitive advantage in productivity and in attracting, developing & retaining talent. https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8278085/singapore-lee-kuan-yew-air-conditioning https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8278085/singapore-lee-kuan-yew...
- komali2 7y agoIs there anything that can be done to keep an office a reasonable temperature in a tropical climate like Singapore? I guess if we were all hanging out under open air roofs with our flip flops and swimsuits on, but other than AC I don't know how they could do "business people" office stuff.
- adwww 7y agoYou could build to passive principles - greater thermal mass and careful management of solar gain. Eg. http://leepenghui.blogspot.com/2016/06/passivhaus-in-tropics.html http://leepenghui.blogspot.com/2016/06/passivhaus-in-tropics...