GreenRE's Executive Director, Ir Ashwin Thurairajah, was featured in the Edge City & Country Article on ,'Green Moves: At the forefront of passive design', 21 October 2022.

'Passive design is defined as soft elements of a building that promote energy efficiency, water efficiency, environmental protection, indoor environment quality and carbon emissions calculation.

“Ideally, it should be considered in the first step of a construction of a building or home, because it would be quite difficult to correct later on. It has the greatest multiplier effect in terms of cost versus environmental benefit,” Ashwin says. 

Passive design is about optimising the layout, form and orientation of a building to reduce heat ingress and optimally harness ventilation and daylight. Ashwin adds that active elements comprising cooling, lighting, rainwater, solar photovoltaics and other technologies can be incorporated optimally.'

Here the full article HERE