MINIMUM ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STANDARD FOR PRESCRIBED BUILDINGS
Prescribed buildings
3.—(1) Each of the following buildings shall be a prescribed building for the purposes of Part IIIB of the Act:
(a)
a hotel with a gross floor area of 15,000 square metres or more;
(b)
a retail building with a gross floor area of 15,000 square metres or more;
(c)
an office building with a gross floor area of 15,000 square metres or more;
(d)
subject to paragraph (2), any hotel, retail building or office building, or any combination thereof, with a gross floor area of 15,000 square metres or more, in a mixed-use development.
(2) Paragraph (1)(d) shall not apply to a mixed-use development which includes any industrial building, industrial retail building, light industrial building, special industrial building, railway premises, port services and facilities or airport services and facilities.
Prescribed cooling systems
4. Each of the following shall be a prescribed cooling system for the purposes of the definition of “major energy-use change” in section 22FA of the Act:
(a)
water-cooled chiller;
(b)
air-cooled chiller.
Minimum environmental sustainability standard
5. The minimum environmental sustainability standard for a prescribed building shall be —
(a)
a Green Mark score of not less than 50 points, calculated using the scoring methodology specified in the Code; and
(b)
such other requirements as may be specified in the Code.
Design score for major energy-use change to prescribed building
6.—(1) A mechanical engineer appointed by the owner of a prescribed building under section 22FB(1)(a) of the Act shall assess the design score for any major energy-use change to the building in the manner specified in the Code.
(2) The owner of the prescribed building shall submit to the Commissioner of Building Control (for approval) the design score assessed by the mechanical engineer —
(a)
in the form set out at the Internet website of the Building and Construction Authority at http://www.bca.gov.sg; and
(b)
by hand or using the electronic service.
(3) The submission under paragraph (2) shall be accompanied by —
(a)
the declaration provided by the mechanical engineer to the owner under section 22FB(7)(c)(ii) of the Act;
(b)
such other documents as may be specified in the Code; and
(c)
the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule.
Lapsing of approval of design score
7. Any approval of a design score for a major energy-use change to a prescribed building granted by the Commissioner of Building Control under section 22FB of the Act shall lapse if no works in respect of that major energy-use change have commenced within one year after the date of the approval.
As-built score of prescribed building
8.—(1) A mechanical engineer appointed by the owner of a prescribed building under section 22FB(1)(a) or 22FE(5)(a) of the Act shall assess the as-built score of the building in the manner specified in the Code.
(2) The owner of the prescribed building shall, within 30 days after the date of completion of the major energy-use change to the building, submit to the Commissioner of Building Control —
(a)
the as-built score assessed by the mechanical engineer;
(b)
a declaration by the mechanical engineer certifying the correctness of the as-built score;
(c)
a declaration by the mechanical engineer whether the as-built score meets the minimum environmental sustainability standard applicable to the building; and
(d)
such other documents as may be specified in the Code.
(3) Each of the documents required to be submitted to the Commissioner of Building Control under this regulation shall be submitted —
(a)
in the form set out at the Internet website of the Building and Construction Authority at http://www.bca.gov.sg; and
