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First Regional Workshop on Sustainable Building Policies in South-East Asia

14 September 2010 in Singapore

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The United Nations Environment Programme-Sustainable

Buildings and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI) in partnership

with the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore

(BCA) is conducting the Regional Status Report in South-

East Asia. This regional status reporting in South-East Asia

will collate the current status and trends from sustainable

buildings initiatives in the region.

BCA hosted the First UNEP SBCI-BCA Regional Workshop

on Sustainable Building Policies in South-East Asia,

concurrently with the Singapore Green Building Council

Green Building Conference / World Green Building Council

International Congress 2010 in Singapore in September

2010, with delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia,Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailandand Vietnam.

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During this First UNEP SBCI-BCA Regional Workshop the

Quick Views on Sustainable Building Policies were

presented and discussed. The country presentations

highlighted country’s sustainable building policies in several

categories of policy instruments, as well as country’s

framework of sustainable development, rating systems and

best practices. In general the emphasis of the state of play in

the region is on energy efficient building polices.

Examples of presented rating systems of sustainable

buildings in the region are: Greenship [Indonesia], Green

Building Index (GBI) [Malaysia], BCA Green Mark Scheme

[Singapore], BERDE and GBI Rating Systems [Philippines]

and LOTUS VN Green Rating Tool [Vietnam]. Thailand also

presented several labels developed for their building sector.

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First Regional Workshop on Sustainable Building Policies in South-East Asia

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In the last part of the First UNEP SBCI-BCA Regional

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Centre for Sustainable Buildings and Construction (CSBC)Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Singapore

200 Braddell Road, ZEB Level 3 Singapore 579700

Email: oesha_THAKOERDIN@bca.gov.sg

Tel: (65) 6730 4441 Fax: (65) 6258 0558

Workshop, the conclusions in the wrap up session from the

round table dialogues by the delegates indicated similar

challenges and opportunities among countries in

developing and implementing sustainable building policies,

such as awareness by stakeholders, funding, initial

investments, coordination among different ministries

involved, participation of the private sector, collaboration

between private and public sector, technical know-how and

political will.

In this last session of the First UNEP SBCI-BCA Regional

Workshop, the need for regional coordination was also

emphasised, especially in setting up regional studies,

workshops, seminars and trainings.

into Country Profiles on Sustainable Building Policies. And

the Draft Regional Status Report on Sustainable Building

Policies in South-East Asia will be drafted.

Our appreciation goes to the Singapore Green Building

Council (SGBC) and the United Nations Environment

Programme (UNEP) Regional Office Asia and the Pacific

(ROAP), for co-sponsoring the First UNEP SBCI-BCA

Regional Workshop.

The Second UNEP SBCI-BCA Regional Workshop on

Sustainable Building Policies in South-East Asia will take

place early next year. In this workshop, the Draft Regional

Status Report on Sustainable Building Policies in South-East

Asia will be tabled.