Singapore legislation
Section 26A
Section 26A
Energy efficiency opportunities assessments for new ventures
(1)
Where a new venture of any person (whether or not a registered corporation) will have an energy use (determined in accordance with the prescribed method or a method that satisfies the prescribed criteria) that equals or exceeds the prescribed threshold, the person must, before applying for a clearance certificate for the new venture under section 33 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 —
ensure that the design of the new venture facility is energy efficient, by conducting an energy efficiency opportunities assessment that satisfies the prescribed requirements; and
submit a report of the assessment to the Director-General for the approval of the Director-General.
(2)
The report mentioned in subsection (1)(b) must —
be submitted through the qualified person appointed under section 8 or 11 of the Building Control Act 1989 in respect of the building works for the facility mentioned in subsection (1)(a), or any person who satisfies the prescribed criteria; and
without affecting section 78(2)(d), include information on the proposed implementation by the person mentioned in subsection (1) of any part of the energy efficiency opportunities assessment.
(3)
Any person that contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(4)
In this section —
Definition
“energy efficiency opportunities assessment” has the meaning given by section 27B(3);
Definition
“new venture”, in relation to any person, means —
any new business activity or any premises of the person; or
any expansion of any existing business activity or any premises of the person,where the new business activity or premises or expansion of the business activity or premises will be a prescribed business activity or premises, and in respect of which the person has not, as at 1 January 2018, applied to the competent authority for planning permission under the Planning Act 1998;
Definition
“new venture facility” means the facility at which a new venture is to be carried out.