Ubin Green Resort

1. Ubin Green Resort Yeo Kang Le Xavier Ong SimZhiXin Lim MIngxia

2. Content • Location of resort • Rationale • Resort facilities • Bibliography

3. Location

4. Concerns • Mamam Beach • Destructive waves (30 waves/min) • Inadequate land space

6. Curbing destructive waves • Seawalls • Prevent erosion by providing barrier • Low maintenance, very durable • Groynes • Effective and inexpensive • Aesthetically

7. Land Space • Tap into trekking trails • Cut down trees (for furniture)

8. Rationale • Sea walls to curb destructive waves • Little developments on the beach • Least rustic looking environment • Most suitable location/beach in Ubin

9. Why Mamam Beach? • Noordin beach • Used to be a graveyard • Many rumors of spiritual sightings • Dangdut music blaring away from Malaysian side on Saturday nights • NPCC Campsite • Most environmentally unfriendly place in Ubin

12. Why Mamam Beach? • ChekJawa • Ecological reserve • High tides • Potentially harmful marine creatures (e.g. stone fish)

13. Our Resort Currently there are no holiday resorts for tourists due to lack of energy our green resort will provide tourists with self sufficient, renewable and clean energy PulauUbin does not draw electricity from Singapore’s main power grid too expensive to lay transmission cables just for a small demand About 100 villagers rely on energy from diesel generators

14. Energy Source • Solar energy • Solar technology readily available in Singapore • Situated on the roofs of villas • Energy used to power light bulbs and air conditioning Reduces the use of electricity from fossil fuels as much as possible

15. Materials • Main structure - Concrete - Will be proportionately surrounded by greenery - Practical - Will not stand out too glaringly • Furniture - Parquet wood - Preserves the rustic environment of Ubin - More eco-friendly

17. What Our Resort Will Have • Facilities • Rooms that use the HVAC system • Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning • Fluorescent lamps and motion sensor • Transportation • Bicycles with generators • Mass eco-friendly tram system • Accommodation • Room policy • Recycling bins in the room • Dining

18. Facilities • Whole hotel that use the HVAC system • HVAC: Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning • Regular ventilation of air • Reduces energy wasted for air-conditioning • Additional use of thermostat will save energy because it can automatically control temperature

19. Facilities • Fluorescent lamps and motion sensors • Fluorescent lamps • Not like conventional light bulbs with tungsten • Uses 75-80% less energy • Motion Sensors • Light and air-conditioning start only when human movement is detected

20. Transportation • Bicycles with generators • For tourists who like to cycle • Bicycle with have generator • Kinetic energy produced from cycling can be stored • When tourists get tired they can activate generator and bicycle will move on its own

21. Transportation • Mass Eco-friendly Tram System • Tram that runs on solar energy • Tram will go around Ubin according to a system • Tourists stop at the place they want to

22. Rooms • Room Policy • No eco-friendly devices will be placed in rooms (for private preferences) • Instead the room policy ensures that energy is used only when guests are in their room (card system)

23. Rooms • Recycling bins in the rooms • Bins will be divided into paper, plastic, metal • This system of classifying waste will ensure easier recycling • Encourage guests to recycle

24. Dining • Organic food schemes(Optional) • Rearing of animals produces a lot of methane, contrasting from the growing of plants • Having more vegetarian dishes equates to less consumption of meat • Therefore less methane is produced

25. Bibliography • http://chekjawa.nus.edu.sg/faq.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chek_Jawa • http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/cj.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maman_beach • Lecture handouts

26. Thank You