The East Coast Town Council (ECTC) will soon deploy cloud-powered sustainability solutions to help residents and businesses lower their carbon footprint.
This is part of a six-month pilot, which aims to test solutions that assist in municipal estate management and determine the key drivers of energy and water consumption within ECTC-managed properties.
With help from Accenture and Amazon Web Services (AWS), ECTC will analyse usage data from common utilities – including hawker centres, markets, as well as residential and commercial blocks – to plan targeted solutions and strategies for town management purposes.
For instance, Accenture created a digital twin of targeted buildings and performed energy usage intensity modelling using open source data. This will help generate insights for ECTC to identify intervention strategies to reduce energy consumption in those buildings.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud – which delivers secure and scalable compute capacity – and Amazon WorkSpaces – a cloud-based virtual desktop – were used to power graphics-intensive prototyping operations, as well as provide a fully managed remote desktop service. This also allows the Accenture team to co-develop innovative solutions quickly.
“The ECTC is enhancing our sustainability plans and efforts in support of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, with the aim to create a better living environment for every resident in our housing estates,” says Jessica Tan, chairman for East Coast Town Council and MP for East Coast GRC (Changi-Simei).
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She continues: “This pilot and collaboration with Accenture and AWS will support our sustainability plans. We want to galvanise and partner residents, thought leaders in the sustainability domains, town management stakeholders and service providers, and work towards zero waste and energy efficiency in a Caring, Green and Vibrant East Coast.”
Wee Wei, country managing director of Accenture in Singapore, comments: “By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we help East Coast Town Council experience first-hand relevant technology solutions that come to life through immersive demonstrations to help address urban challenges that hinder the progress of their sustainability efforts.
“In fact, the intersection of digitalisation and energy transition is providing an opportunity for cities to be smarter – paving the way for game-changing and innovative urban solutions that are more sustainable and inclusive.”
Elsie Tan, country manager for Public Sector in Singapore at AWS, adds: “AWS is committed to helping our customers decarbonise and build sustainable businesses, from townships to cities, just as we are committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040 through The Climate Pledge. We are excited to work with East Coast Town Council to leverage cloud technology to support township management and drive local community-based sustainability efforts that benefit citizens and the environment.”
