In Singapore's densely built-up urban environment, with limited land and few natural resources, greening buildings is vital to sustainability and one of the most effective ways for a city to reduce its carbon footprint. As recently as the 1990s, countries in tropical and subtropical regions had few existing guidelines. What did exist originated primarily in the U.S. and Europe and didn't necessarily apply to Singapore's very different climate.

到2000年代中期,建筑和建筑盟thority began developing our own green-building rating tool designed specifically for tropical conditions: the Green Mark. The introduction of the Green Mark and the attendant certification was a bold initiative to move Singapore's building and construction industry toward environmentally-friendly buildings by providing a standard benchmark and guideline for the industry to follow when constructing new buildings or retrofitting existing buildings. It assesses buildings for their energy and water efficiency, environmental protection, indoor environment quality and other green features and innovations.

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The BCA Green Mark has been described as the tropics' answer to the U.S.-developed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The Green Mark emphasizes natural ventilation, reducing heat gain and cooling inner spaces with air-conditioning. It differs from other green-building rating systems in that it has much stronger emphasis on energy efficiency and higher standards of measurement and verification instrumentations for air-conditioning chiller plant performance monitoring.

绿色商标的未来版本将继续着重于减少整个建筑能源消耗和优化材料的生命周期使用，同时更加重视建筑物的内部环境质量及其居民的健康状况。

多年来，绿色商标也已扩展到各种各样的发展，包括学校，公园，基础设施和大众传播铁路。Green Mark的规定还涵盖了以用户为中心的空间的认证，例如数据中心，办公室内饰，餐馆，超市和零售。

需要重新评估

Through legislation passed last year, BCA requires Green Mark-rated buildings to undergo re-assessment every three years. This measure is intended to encourage building owners and operators to take a committed and long-term view of sustainability and integrate it into daily operations.

The certification program is gradually becoming a benchmark for the Southeast Asian region and beyond. By mid-2013, close to 200 projects in over 10 countries had adopted the Green Mark and applied for certification.

The certification program also acts as a reference for other countries developing their own green-building rating systems.

看看BCA和Green Mark在中国的天津生态城市中所取得的成就。我们共同为生态城市开发了绿色建筑评估标准（GBES），为天津以及政府官员和行业专业人员进行了定制的培训计划，并担任生态企业公园低碳生活实验室的技术顾问。