The Singapore Housing Board (HDB) has launched its sixth tender to install solar panels across 1,198 blocks and 57 government sites to meet a demand of 70 MWp for solar capacity. Solar energy generated will be used to power common services in HDB estates in the day while excess energy will be channelled to the electrical grid.
As part of this tender, vendors will be required to install smart electrical sub-meters in HDB blocks to track energy consumption patterns and the performance of common services such as lifts, lights and water pumps in each block. With this data, the HDB and respective town councils will then be able to optimise maintenance cycles of these common services, as well as detect anomalies such as equipment faults.
This initiative comes under the Government’s SolarNova programme, which compiles solar demand from various agencies and is jointly led by HDB and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
