Earthlink NTU hosted a group of high school students from Macau on the 31st of July. As part of their journey to learn about sustainable development in Singapore, they visited NTU to find out more about the efforts taken by the university in promoting such efforts.
The efforts and plans of Earthlink in the past few years were presented to these students. Examples included events such as Ditch Da Disposable (DDD) by the Campaign Management (CM) portfolio, Keep Them E-Live by Recycling portfolio, Ecoventure by Events Executive Overseas (EEO) portfolio and AREaS Case Challenge by Education portfolio.
Mr Ryan Jin from ERI@N was also invited to share about the EcoCampus initiative in NTU. He spoke of the various green features which were consolidated into the design of NTU s structures. Some of these structures are The Hive and the new Halls of Residence. In addition, Mr Jin introduced the Powerz Mobile App, which saw high participation rate by NTU students, its features and purpose in reducing energy consumption on campus. Besides, the students were given the opportunity to try the app via the phones provided by our members.
After which, we had a tour around the campus by bus and visited the new building in NTU: The Hive. Mr Tong from the Office of Development & Facilities Management (ODFM) gave a presentation on the building and its key environmental features such as the use of natural lighting in teaching classrooms to reduce the dependency on electrical lightings, the passive displacement system which circulates cool air by convection and cools down the heated air with a single unit of cooling tube. In addition, The Hive was designed based on the prevailing wind direction of Singapore to enable the capture of wind throughout the entire year in order to reduce the requirement of fans to cool the building down.
Finally, we took a group photo at The Hive. It was an interactive session for both sides; while we learned about the culture and environment of Macau, they learned more about sustainability efforts on campus in NTU and the efforts of Earthlink in the environmental field.