Program Overview

Program Overview

The Operational Carbon and Smart Facilities Management program is designed to introduce participants to the principles and practices of sustainable design, maintainability, and green facilities management. This course aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable operations in the built environment.

Program Details

Date: 17-19 Nov 2025

Duration: 19.5 Hours

Mode Of Delivery: Face-to-Face

Tuition Fees: S$3150.00 (Before GST)

What You Will Learn

This course covers a range of topics, including:

• Understanding the principles, considerations, and criteria for sustainable design and maintainability, with green facilities management in mind throughout the life cycle of a facility.
• Gaining knowledge of possible ideas that save energy or generate renewable energy, the efficiencies and suitability for deployment locally.
• Understanding how renewable energy sources such as solar PV technology can be integrated with buildings and the Built Environment, how the energy generated can be integrated with the grid and stored, the viabilities of different energy storage technologies and the required supporting infrastructure.
• Learning state-of-the-art techniques, equipment, and innovation trends for sustainable operations – how they can be incorporated in the design for new buildings, and deployed in existing buildings to reduce carbon emissions.
• Gaining an appreciation of energy auditing, measurement, and verification, as well as energy management.
• Understanding the attributes of smart buildings.
• Understanding the Building Automation System.
• Understanding Data science for the built environment.
• Understanding Smart Facilities Management.

Recognition

The "Operational Carbon and Smart Facilities Management" module is recognized for 18 PDU points from the Professional Engineers Board.

Who Will Benefit

Public sector technical officers who are involved in three broad functions: urban planning, engineering/building design, and facilities management.

Entry Requirements

• 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.

Related Programmes

• Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle Assessment
• Sustainability Landscape and the Built Environment