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Evaluation of material

Better Green Business is credited by business personnel1, its first chapter discusses

drivers and barriers for enterprise to adopt some green practices and is very relevant

for the persuasion and development of our project to counter these challenges.The book is published on November 3rd 2009 by Wharton School Publishing,

University of Pennsylvania, an eminent university press renowned for its innovative

and leading business insights and perceptions. The writer, Doctor Golson, is

currently a lecturer on business and economics in London School of Economics.

The writer mentions:

He lobbies for deployment of a measurement system to establish projects

accountability because there are sufficient information to gauge and monitor energy-

saving performance.

This is helpful as our target group House Development Board (HDB) flat has adopted

green measures like dimming of corridors flouroscent lights. Therefore we need to

assert why our LED plus infra-red switch combo is better by measuring, controlling

and tracking long-term cost and electric energy savings through a trial, because

estimation is rarely accurate to include numerous costs involved over the revamp

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period and across different structures of corridors.

HDB is the initiator because it is managing most of the flats directly or indirectly and

it has carried out energy-saving experiments under the Greenprint Programme.

Online bidding enables HDB to seize bidders to find a reliable and experienced

contractor and choose a fairly lower price and Phase 2 is implemented at a time

when corridors usage is at minimum since most of the residents would have gone for

work. It is important to conduct the trail at a few build-to-order blocks for two reasons:

1. lighting facilities of surrounding blocks are new so fair and meaningful comparison

is established to reflect the true electricity savings of our trial. 2. There must be

residents using the corridors. After all the compilation of data, analysis sets in to

evaluate whether our plan can save more.

However, an experiment at a build-to-order block may not reflect the true cost of

revamping existing flats. Because:

1. More working days are needed to compensate the loss in effective working

hours per day.

2. Logistic fees might be higher in a crowded and congested neighborhood than

a new one.

Extrapolatetimerequired tocalculatebreak evenwithexpense of

ravamp

Phase 4

Documentelectricityconsumption ofcorridor'slighting for onemonth andcosts of revamp

Phase 3

Revampfrom 8am to4pm onweekdays

Phase 2

HDB put uponline bidding tofind a contractorto install censorswitch andchange the lightbulb

Phase 1

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3. There might be other unfathomable intangible societal cost- inconvenience

during the installation, compromise on safety level, which could dent residents

welfare and render unease.

Therefore conducting a trial at inhabited block is compelling as it could gauge the

uncertainty in revamp period and magnitude of costs and benefits that stem from

myriad factors.

The author also highlights that

This helps us to realise that our project is flawed by failure to recognise the

importance of public perceptions of the project executant, since a common mind set

predominant People Action Party (PAP) equates the government is deeply

ingrained in literally every Singaporean, whether young or old. Any nonwell-

addressed dissatisfaction about the project may in turn convert to loss in votes, so

we formulate a plan to make public perception a positive driving force.

Post-survey athousehold's door

step by NEAvolunteers to

collate residentsfeedbacks

Present theenergy saving

benefits inflat notice

board

Pre-survey sentby email to

colmpile peakcorridor usage

timing

By various town councils

and community centers, in

collaboration with NEA.

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Pre-survey is sent by Community centres (CC) through emails because it is mainly to

inform the residents about this project and sample initial public reactions about this

project so feedback from every household is not necessary.Poster display at notice

board is cheap and effective to inform all if not most of the residents about the full

benefits of revamp-cost-savings can be passed down to fuel other HDB upgrading

projects like block-washing, repainting and landscaping management. CCs suitable

driver since it has access to household information and is managing the notice

board. With myriad volunteers and same agenda in environment preservation, NEAs

help to collect residents feedback is cheap and give residents a say in operating

hours of corridor electricity-saving project.