The Housing Board will introduce a new programme to ensure sustainable living is a key feature of HDB estates across Singapore, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on 18 February.
Called the HDB Green Towns Programme, it will focus on reducing energy consumption, recycling rainwater and cooling HDB towns.
In his speech, Mr Heng emphasised it was critical to mobilise a collective citizens’ effort to address the threat of climate change.
To encourage more families to purchase energy-efficient household appliances, lower-income households will be given incentives to help with these costs.
The new HDB Green Towns Programme comes on top of the board’s existing efforts to inject more integrated greenery in new housing estates to create a liveable and sustainable environment for residents.
New HDB developments will have 45% to 60% green cover, including tree cover that provides canopy shade, under its previously introduced greenery provision guidelines.
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Source: The Straits Times, 19 February 2020