Program Overview

Program Overview

The Green Finance for the Built Environment module is built in collaboration with the NUS College of Design and Engineering (CDE) and is part of the comprehensive Sustainability for the Built Environment CDE programme. This programme aims at developing an understanding and appreciation of international and local developments in sustainability landscape and the latest innovative/cutting edge technologies in this space.

Course Details

• Course Date: 21 November 2025
• Registration Closing Date: 17 November 2025
• Course Format: Classroom (In-person)
• Course Intake: 21 November 2025
• Course Duration: 1 Day, 9am to 5.30pm

Topic Coverage

At the end of the course, participants will:

• Be able to bring economic value capture from sustainability initiatives
• Be able to highlight the carbon impact and attract investor/private sector financing interest in agencies’ sustainable development projects
• Understand how sustainability will be transformed from a cost item to a revenue item
• Understand the use of carbon shadow pricing in public sector Cost-Benefit Analysis for sustainability projects

Target Audience

The targeted audience for this course are professionals who are involved in three broad functions - urban planning, engineering/building design, and facilities management.

Pre-requisites

• Bachelor's Degree/ Diploma holders in Engineering, Science, Technology, and Bachelor's degree in Architecture preferred.
• For Diploma holders, relevant work experience will be required.

Fees and Funding

• This course is eligible for subsidies under SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).
• Singaporeans and PRs can enjoy up to 70% subsidies.
• Singapore Citizens or PRs eligible for SSG grant must attain at least 70% training attendance and passed all prescribed assessments
• Course Fees:
  • Self-Sponsored: S$1,144.50
  • SME (ETSS Scheme) Company-Sponsored: S$1,144.50
  • Non-SME Company-Sponsored: S$1,144.50
• Subsidized Fees:
  • Singapore Citizens & PRs aged 21 years and above: S$619.50
  • Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above: S$409.50

Faculty

• Assoc Prof Zhang Weina
• NUS Business School, Department of Finance

About the Faculty

Associate Professor Zhang Weina is with the Department of Finance at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. She is also the Academic Director of MSc in Sustainable and Green Finance Programme and the Deputy Director of Sustainable and Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) at NUS. She obtained her Master of Science and Ph.D. in Finance from Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University, USA.

Research and Teaching Focus

Weina’s current research and teaching focus on sustainable and green finance, fixed income securities, asset pricing and investment. She examines how ESG are priced in financial securities. She also explores the informational efficiency in various financial markets and the impact of different policies on financial instruments. She currently teaches courses such as Sustainability and Finance, Sustainable and Green Investment at the master's and undergraduate's levels. She also teaches lifelong learning modules and conducts executive trainings in the related areas.

Publications and Awards

Weina has published dozens of academic papers including Management Science and Review of Finance. She has also published more than 30 business cases with IVEY. Her papers have received several best paper awards and she is also a recipient of many teaching excellence awards both at the NUS Business School and the University levels.