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Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Building Control (Environmental Sustainability Measures for Existing Buildings) Regulations 2013

Schedule 1

Energy use intensity threshold

FIRST SCHEDULERegulation 3BEnergy use intensity threshold1.The threshold level of energy use intensity for a building that has one category of building use is as follows:Building useThreshold level of energy use intensity (kWh/m2/year)A.Commercial buildings 1.Hotel building3102.Office building2003.Retail building495B.Healthcare facilities 4.Hospital or specialist clinic3605.Nursing home1206.Polyclinic or private clinic190C.Institutional buildings 7.Autonomous university1908.Civic building1959.Community institution15510.Cultural institution27011.Other educational institution130D.Sports and recreation centres 12.Recreation club27513.Sports centre180E.Other energy uses 14.Data centre operations659515.Laboratory operations5602.The threshold level of energy use intensity for a building that has mixed categories of building use is the sum of the threshold level of energy use intensity for each of the categories of building use (as specified in paragraph 1) pro-rated in proportion to the percentage of gross floor area of the building that is used for that category of building use.[S 593/2025 wef 30/09/2025]