Centralised cooling for 3,500 households

SINGAPORE: Global asset management company Keppel has been awarded the contract to design, build, own and operate centralised cooling systems to 3,500 households at three planned projects in Singapore.

The chilled water supply contract awarded by Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB) is for build-to-order projects Brickland Weave, Plantation Edge I & II and Plantation Verge in Tengah in the west of Singapore. The contract is for a period of 20 years.

Tengah is Singapore’s first and largest smart and sustainable HDB town, planned with green and sustainable features, and smart technologies from the outset.

When completed, the CCS at the three BTO projects will be connected to Keppel’s operations nerve centre for remote control and real-time performance monitoring.

The chilled water will be piped to homes from centralised chillers installed on the rooftops of selected HDB blocks, to cool the flats.

Residents can choose to opt-out of the centralised cooling system for their own air conditioning system.

Keppel has a combined cooling portfolio of more than 260,000 refrigeration tonnes in the region. In 2023, it was awarded by Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority to design, build, own and operate a new large-scale district cooling plant for 30 years at Jurong Lake District.

In addition, Keppel is also providing cooling services to CapitaLand and Perennial Holdings flagship developments in Singapore and China and mission-critical functions such as Micron’s semiconductor fabrication plants.