Bedok Food City

Design considerations for such a co-location set up include access pathways and ensuring sufficient height clearance to facilitate regular maintenance.

Spanning over 3000sqm, this solar green roof adds an eye-catching splash of

greenery over the once grey and monotonous industrial estate rooftop. Species used included drought-tolerant, low-lying ground cover such as Sphagneticola trilobata and cyanotis cristata. The synergistic effects from integrating solar panels and green roof installation reduces the urban heat island effect and improves the output performance of the installed solar panels due to the evapotranspiration process of the green roof.

To increase the maintainability of the co-located systems, adequate maintenance walkways were catered for from design stage and the solar panels were elevated by 1.5m from the roof surface. This elevation provides maintenance workers with easy and safe access to both the green roof and solar panels. This integration of solar panels and green roof is a testament to the importance of sustainable practices in architecture and landscape design.

Building Owner: JTC

Implementors: Sembcorp Solar Singapore Pte Ltd, GWS Living Pte Ltd