Today 21 December 2009
It has roped in 150 "green ambassadors" from Nan Hua High School and Commonwealth Secondary School who attend community events in the district to spread the message on the need for "green habits". |
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Wild Singapore & The Straits Times 6 December 2009
Getting that steak on your plate involves release of considerable amount of greenhouse gases. |
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The Straits Times 14 November 2009
Energy Carta pushing clean-tech sector; 18,000 new jobs likely by 2015. These include designing and managing green buildings, carbon trading and developing more energy-efficient computing, or "green computing". |
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NUS News Portal 30 October 2009
In line with NUS' commitment to build a more sustainable campus environment, the NUS University Town is being built on a site with lush tropical landscape and rolling terrain, adopting sustainable design principles. |
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Today 14 October 2009
The 19-hectare University Town to be completed in 2011 features, among other things, green roofs and lush landscaping to cut down on urban heat; and a waste management system for recyclables, organic and horticultural waste. |
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NUS Knowledge Entreprise September 2009
The way energy-thirsty air-conditioning works is about to undergo an overhaul. Researchers at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore(SERIS), NUS, are working on a system to greatly decrease energy usage of air-conditioners by using solar thermal energy. |
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NUS News 16 September 2009
In order to address challenges faced by large cities, NUS has announced that it will use its Kent Ridge campus as a living laboratory to develop smart sustainable solutions. |
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The Straits Times 10 June 2009
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan (right), president of the National University of Singapore (NUS), was unanimously elected as the new chair of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), a strategic grouping of institutions with a similiar vision, committed to educating future leaders. |
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The Straits Times 06 June 2009
Their on-campus efforts - organising talks, recycling waste, even getting their peers to waitch to a meat-free diet - do more than just pay seasonal lip service on Earth Day or World Environment Day; they are perennial. |
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The Straits Times 28 May 2009
They had won the HSBC/National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Council's Youth Environmental Award, a decade old award which recognises young people who have distinguished themselves through their leadership and commitment to environmental causes. |
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Today 21 April 2009
The 2.7m - long single seater has a top speed of 40kmh, but has twice the efficiency of a conventional combustible engine, due to its in-built hydrogen criculation. |
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