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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 11

11.1

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Is there a latest list of approved Innovation items?

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Updated list of approved Innovation items including qualification details is as appended below:

Approved List of Innovations (as of 12 Dec 2011)

Innovation in Design & Enviromental Design Initiatives Qualification Details NR R
Advance Air Filtration Serve at least 50% of NLA. Tick  
Air & Dirt Separator System for Chilled Water System Provide for 100% of chilled water system. Tick  
Auto Condenser Tube Cleaning System Provide for 100% of chilled water system. Tick  
Bioswales Provide for at least 25% of building perimeter. Tick Tick
Central Conveyance System (waste or material handling) Serve at least 50% of NLA. Tick  
Central Vacuum System Serve at least 50% of NLA. Tick Tick
Cold or Hot Aisle Containment System Provide for entire Data Centre air-conditioning system (applicable to Data Centre building only). Tick  

Co-generation / Tri-generation

Serve at least 90% of the building's cooling capacity. Tick  
Condensate Water Recovery Account for at least 50% of installed AHU/FCUs. Tick  
Dessicant Heat Recovery Wheel Account for at least 50% of total building exhaust air system. Tick  
Dynamic Balancing Control Valve System for chilled water piping system Provide for 100% of chilled water system. Tick  
Electrochromic Glazed Façade Provide for at least 10% of glazed façade. Tick Tick
External Shading Devices Provide for at least 50% of glazed façade. Tick Tick
Fire System Water Recycling during regular testing Provide for all Sprinkler and Wet Riser systems.
Not applicable to Hose Reel system.
Tick Tick
Heat Pipe Technology Provide for at least 75% of PAHUs for purpose of RH control/improvement. Tick  
Herb Garden Provide for at least 10% of landscape area or 20m2 whichever is the larger. For single residential dwelling provide for at least 25% of landscape area. Tick Tick
Industrialised Building System Achieve minimum CIDB IBS score of 50. Tick  
LED Façade Lighting Refer to FAQ 9.7 Tick Tick
LED Light Fittings Efficacy to be higher than T5 for 50% of NLA.
Refer to FAQ 9.7 for details.
Tick Tick
Light Pipes Provide for at least 1% of NLA. Tick Tick
Mixed Mode / Low Energy Ventilation System Serve at least 10% of NLA. Tick  
Non-Chemical Water Treatment Sysmtem Provide for all cooling tower circuits (Note that chw circuit need not be included) Tick  
On-site Composting Facility / Composting Bins Recycle landscape and organic waste (kitchen waste) to meet at least 50% of landscape fertilizer needs. Tick Tick
Parking Guidance System Provide for non-allocated car park bays. Tick  
Recycling of Condensate Water for evaporative cooling Evaporative cooling to include use of all condensate water recovered from at least 50% of installed AHU/FCUs. Tick  
Refrigerat Leak Detection & Recovery Facility Provide refrigerant leak detection coverage for every chiller in accordance with specialist vendor's recommendations to effect automatic refrigerant pumpdown to external storage tank sized to recover full refrigerant charge for the largest chiller within each plantroom. Tick  
Regenerative Lift Provide for at least 50% of installed lifts. Tick Tick
Self-cleaning Façade Provide for at least 90% of façade area. Tick Tick
Sewer Waste Recycling System Applicable to plant installed within building to recycle sewer waste into fertilizer products, e.g. pellets. Tick Tick
Solar Hot Water System Provide for all showers. Tick Tick
Solar Thermal Cooling Generate at least 10% of total cooling capacity. Tick  
T5 Lamps / Efficient Lighting Provide for at least 90% of common/management areas.   Tick
Thermal / PCM / Thermal Mass Storage System Account for at least 25% of total cooling capacity. Tick  
Turbine Ventilators Provide for all applicable roof (pitched roof). Tick Tick
Vacuum Degasser Cleaning System for chilled water piping system Provide for 100% of chilled water system. Tick  
Vertical Green Wall system Provide for at least 10% of external wall/façade. Note that vertical greenery which is not an integral part of building façade may be included in the total greenery computation. Tick Tick
Waterless Urinals Provide for all urinals. Tick  

Note:
1) NR refers to NRNC, NREB, INC & IEB rating tools.
2) R refers to RNC rating tool



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