Thought Leadership

In a NUS study investigating electricity consumption of households involving 5,300 HDB blocks, Prof Sumit Agarwal, Managing Director of SGFIN shed light that the increased consumption of electricity by households near the sites to shield from noise pollution continued to be so even after construction had ended. Given the potential astronomical consumption involved when over one million HDB flats and many construction activities were factored in, he recommended real time data feeds to households on usage and cost to induce a change of behaviour away from the persistent habit of consuming electricity for ventilation comfort. Read More →

In this international research collaboration involving NUS to study how households’ shower water usage behaviour could be improved for water conservation, Prof Sumit Agarwal, Managing Director of SGFIN shared findings on how offering real data to households could promote awareness in water conservation, by getting them to set personal targets and giving them feedback on their usage performances as the means to persuade lower water consumption.

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