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The first 'Green Temple' (=Eco Friendly) in Singapore !!! by Francis Teo
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Dear Audiences in the forum,
I  copy this article  "the Poh Ern Shih (Thanksgiving Temple) in Singapore"
posted by Francis Teo (SIN) at my  Room. (construction community).
hope it will bring some interest to see.   thanks

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21 Sep 2008 21:49
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I visited the Poh Ern Shih (Thanksgiving Temple) in Singapore on the 2nd February 2008, together with an informal group that calls itself the "Ground Up Initiative", in contrast to the prevalent government top-down initiative.
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The temple is sited on a gentle hill in Pasir Panjang. Back in the old days, the area was mainly a Chinese and a Malay Kampung (village). See the history here. Today, it is a high class residential area.
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We are attracted to this temple because it is the first 'green temple' in Singapore, that will use solar energy, wind energy, micro-hydro turbines from the rain water, use purified rain water for drinking, and use as much natural daylight and natural ventilation as possible. For a summary of the design highlights of the temple, click here
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The temple is currently going through a reconstruction. This is an artist impression of the completed temple.
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This is where the construction is at the moment.
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The hill where the temple is sited is called Chwee Hua San.

These statues are sited by the entrance of the temple walkway...

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The entire temple is designed to be wheel chair accessible. This is because the temple committee has learned that more and more devotees above the age of 65 years old are feeling the fatigue and exhaustion of climbing up to the temple. With the whole place accessible, someday old folks who cannot walk can come in electrically powered wheelchair and need not depend on their able-bodied relations. Old folks need to learn to be independent, because nowadays, they have far fewer children to support them, due to Singapore's "Stop at Two (children)" policy in the 1970s, of family planning to having fewer kids.

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09 Nov 2008 00:36
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These are the ventilation holes by the side walls of the meditation halls. By the way, their meditation halls can be booked by anyone wanting to hold retreats in Singapore. So far they have bookings from Hindus, Muslim and Buddhist groups. There are no Christian groups as yet.

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This central opening at the top enables light and convection current to circulate.

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This pagoda originally has opaque tiles, but this is now changed to glass tiles with solar panels built in. Nowadays, modern building materials can have embedded solar panels and come in different colours and contours to match the architecture of the building.


These are the roof top solar panels that generate 13.5MWh for 10 months. Mr Lee deliberately uses three different types of panels as a study to find which ones have the best overall performance. He will log all data and share them with any interested party.


This is the sole windmill turbine they use. I guess there is too little wind in Singapore to use wind in a big way.

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These are still horizontal axis windmills. The new ones are vertical axis and plastered with solar panels.

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This is the monitoring station of the solar panels.

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09 Nov 2008 00:37
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28 Nov 2008 15:53
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Quoting from [HanyG]:

 Dear Capable Contractor from China for UAE

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 Dear Hanny,

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Definitely something to check out once i get there again [em2]
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what a shame! I can't see the photos[em8]
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