Singapore, 9 April 2016 – A team of five students from Singapore Polytechnic emerged champions at the finals of BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition 2015/16 held on Friday, 8 April 2016 at BCA Academy. Coming in second and third positions were another team from Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic respectively.

A total of 21 teams submitted their concept paper entries earlier in January this year. Teams were judged based on the amount of energy savings, environmental benefits, feasibility, creativity and aesthetic appeal of the design. Teams also had to elaborate how their design features tie in with the components of the new Green Mark 2015 scheme – a key judging criteria in this year’s competition.

Participants hailed from seven local tertiary institutions including Nanyang Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Institute of Technology, as well as Singapore University of Technology and Design - up from five participating institutions in the previous seasons.

Held for the third time, the BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition is a biennial national green built environment competition and public-private initiative by BCA and CDL to engage and nurture local tertiary students’ effort to green Singapore’s built environment and to raise awareness of the best green building practices and solutions amongst future practitioners.

Launched in 2010, the first BCA-CDL Green Sparks Competition called for participants to submit concept proposals to retrofit Fuji Xerox Towers into an exemplary BCA Green Mark Platinum building, while the second edition saw the conceptualisation of a new generation green show suite for a CDL residential development site. NUS teams were the champions in the first two competitions.