NANYANG MBA

Clean Technology & Energy business club

Article contributed by Santiago, MBA class of 2018. 

WHAT DOES “CLEAN” MEAN

When looking at clean technology and energy we always think first of renewable energies, such as wind and solar, or at low impact replacements to common technology, such as e-ink. But does a diminution in our carbon footprint also classify as “clean”? Right now, the Singaporean government is looking to reduce the consumption in energy while keeping the current economic benefit; That is, to have the same benefit with less resource consumption. This is where the NEEC comes into play, inviting companies to think about all the unintentional energy wasteful practices being carried out nowadays.

Luckily, there is no lack of interest in Singapore to reduce resource consumption. Companies such as MaxSteel, Lumoni, ETC Group, Teale, PCS and LKH attended the conference to showcase how efficiency can lower the carbon footprint of economic growth.

On the other side, however, it is still interesting to consider what happens to the inevitable waste from our industrial ability. Well, in that front SCELSE is developing technologies to harvest valuable ray materials, such as hydrogen and pure phosphorus, when treating waste waters for being recycled or discarded with minimal ambient impact.

From the above examples it can be concluded that those technologies that reduce our carbon footprint or reduce the final amount of waste generated should be considered as clean technologies that will disrupt the way we consume or utilize resources in the future.