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May 26, 2010
Jurong blazes green trail
Aljunied also plans to switch to energy-saving lighting
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A corridor in Block 210 Bukit Batok Street 21 is lit with fluorescent lights in the foreground and LED lights in the background. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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JURONG, one of Singapore's oldest housing estates, is upping its green cache, and at least one other estate will soon follow suit.
By the end of this year, all 588 blocks in Jurong will be fitted with energy-saving lighting in common areas such as corridors, staircases and void decks.
This will save up to $1.13 million in annual utility bills, said the Jurong Town Council (JRTC), which oversees the maintenance of the 25-year-old estate.
By June, the Aljunied Town Council will follow suit, calling a tender for some 200 blocks to be retrofitted with light emitting diode (LED) lamps.
The two town councils were also the only ones to raise their service and conservancy charges last month, saying that with rising costs, they had no choice but to do so.
Yesterday, Jurong MP Halimah Yacob said the savings in energy bills, which make up 30 per cent of costs, would go some way in keeping them down.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Jurong blazes green trail
Aljunied also plans to switch to energy-saving lighting
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JURONG, one of Singapore's oldest housing estates, is upping its green cache, and at least one other estate will soon follow suit.
By the end of this year, all 588 blocks in Jurong will be fitted with energy-saving lighting in common areas such as corridors, staircases and void decks.
This will save up to $1.13 million in annual utility bills, said the Jurong Town Council (JRTC), which oversees the maintenance of the 25-year-old estate.
By June, the Aljunied Town Council will follow suit, calling a tender for some 200 blocks to be retrofitted with light emitting diode (LED) lamps.
The two town councils were also the only ones to raise their service and conservancy charges last month, saying that with rising costs, they had no choice but to do so.
Yesterday, Jurong MP Halimah Yacob said the savings in energy bills, which make up 30 per cent of costs, would go some way in keeping them down.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
