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Air raid shelter turned into a salad farm

Located 33m below street level, this urban farm produces salad in a controlled environment, providing ideal conditions for microgreens, baby leaves and herbs.

This brick is made out of 90% recycled construction waste

It generates just a tenth of CO2 emissions of a traditional fired brick and less than a tenth of the energy in its manufacture.

Singapore offering incentives for skyrise greenery

The Skyrise Greenery Incentive Scheme (SGIS) will fund up to 50% of the installation costs of rooftop greenery and vertical greenery.

chatbot

Chatbots help local governments communicate with their constituents

In addition to providing easy access to key information, chatbots could also be used for filling out online forms, troubleshooting local problems and more.

Low-energy vertical farm thrives in Singapore

As part of the plan to reduce Singapore's dependence on foreign food, this award-winning vertical farm can produce 500kg of vegetables per day.

The Village

A dementia village allows residents to be independent

Comprised of six single-story cottage-style homes and a community center, the five-acre facility houses 75 dementia sufferers.

smart parking systems

These smart parking systems are perfect for densely populated cities

The technology is designed to address the problem of efficiently managing cars in areas where congestion and zoning are problems and land is scarce and expensive.

plastic asphalt

A road built from recycled plastic bottles

The technology not only exceeds the strength of bituminous asphalt, but is also made from recycled PET plastics in the polymer formula.

CanBank

Smart bin raising awareness on trash separation

Called CanBank, it allows people to recycle plastic bottles and cans in exchange for rewards -- such as phone credit and promo codes.

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