SINGAPORE: Described as Singapore’s largest, an industrial district cooling system, built, owned, and operated by a joint venture between SP Group and Daikin Singapore, is now in operation.
The innovative district cooling system, employing a 2,000 tonne Daikin HFO chiller, will significantly improve the environmental performance of a high-volume semiconductor manufacturing site operated by STMicroelectronics at Ang Mo Kio TechnoPark.
The new system is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 120,000 tonnes per year and cooling-related electricity costs by 20% per year. In addition, it will repurpose over 500,000m3 of water consumption per year by using reject reverse osmosis water, previously used in ST cooling towers.
The system, with its installed capacity of up to 36,000RT, delivers continuous chilled water to cool both manufacturing and office spaces via a centralised closed-loop pipe network replacing individual chillers in each building. The total area served by the system is approximately 90,000m2.
