| Date | 2025-01-10 |
| Event start | 15:00 PM |
| Duration | 2 hrs 30 min ( from 3:00pm to 5:30pm ) |
| Venue | Online Zoom |
| CPD | 4 points |
| Contact | 2.5 |
Synopsis
As Singapore continues to thrive as a highly urbanized nation, ensuring the resilience and adaptability of our buildings to evolving public health challenges is critical. This webinar will explore key strategies for future-proofing the built environment through good design practices. Gain insights into common non-compliances observed during the building plan process, including issues related to the use of holding tanks. Additionally, discover the proposed revisions to COPEH 2024, focusing on minimum design criteria for Kitchen Exhaust (KE) Outlets, Cooling Towers (CT), and Aquatic Facilities (AF) to uphold higher public health standards in the built environment.
1st Topic
Future-proofing the built environment to ensure higher public health standards by
Ms Aida Meisera
- As Singapore is a highly urbanized country with high concentrations of the population living in a densely built environment, it is imperative to incorporate good design elements that can make our buildings more resilient and adaptable to evolving public health challenges.
2nd Topic
Common non-compliances at TOP stage by Ms Vernasa Ong
- Sharing on the common non-compliances observed in proposed developments during the building plan process and issues related to proposed use of holding tanks.
3rd Topic
Proposed Revisions to COPEH 2024 Sections for Minimum Design Criteria for Kitchen Exhaust Outlet, Cooling Tower & Aquatic Facility by Ms Jennifer Yap & Mr Terence Lei
- Sharing on revisions to COPEH 2024 sections for minimum design criteria for Kitchen Exhaust (KE) Outlet, Cooling Tower (CT) & Aquatic Facility (AF)
- KE outlet: Incorporate the separation distances requirement of KE outlets into COPEH (currently in circular)
- CT siting: include illustration on the acceptable structural measures for CT siting requirement (currently in circular); and
- AF 1m buffer distance: address the balance between maintenance & flexibility in creativity.
Speakers
Ms Aida Meisera
Ms Aida Meisera is part of the Public Health Operational Policy Division (PHOPD) in National Environment Agency (NEA), which aims to strengthen policies, processes and operational capabilities in the areas of vector control and sanitation to meet current and future challenges.
Ms Vernasa Ong
Ms Vernasa Ong is an Executive Engineer with the Development Control and Licensing Division (DCLD), National Environment Agency (NEA). She is involved in assessing Development Control (DC) applications to ensure compliance with environmental health and pollution control requirements stipulated in the relevant Regulations and Codes of Practices.
Ms Jennifer Yap
Ms Jennifer Yap has 5 years of working experience in policy review for water quality in aquatic facilities, aerosol-generating system and design requirement in kitchen exhaust and air cleaning systems for kitchen exhaust. She has also acquired 25 years working experience in environmental public health issues related to indoor air quality and Legionellosis risk. She is also knowledgeable in risk assessment, risk management and control.
Mr Terence Lei
Mr Terence Lei is the President of Swimming Pools & Aquatic Association (SPAA). He is an aquatic engineer by training. He has 14 years of experience in design and water treatment of aquatic facilities (AF). He solved a few persistent microbial amplifications issues in AF, including water playgrounds.
He was invited to do consultancy in fluid dynamic designs of spas and leisure water facilities overseas such as Brunei and Myanmar. He is currently the Project Director of Waterland Services Pte Ltd managing over 300 licensable AFs, including public AFs such as Bukit Canberra Swimming Complex, Our Tampines Hub, MINDEF and HomeTeam Bases and Clubhouses, etc.
Schedule
| 2:45pm-3pm | Admit Participants on Zoom |
| 3pm-3:05pm | Opening Remarks from SIA |
| 3:05pm-3:35pm | Future-proofing the built environment to ensure higher public health standards |
| 3:35pm-3:45pm | Q&A |
| 3:45pm-4:15pm | Common non-compliances at TOP stage |
| 4:15pm-4:25pm | Q&A |
| 4:25pm-5:25pm | Proposed Revisions to COPEH 2024 Sections for Minimum Design Criteria for Kitchen Exhaust Outlet, Cooling Tower & Aquatic Facility |
| 5:25pm-5:35pm | Q&A |
| 5:35pm | End of Webinar |
Terms & Conditions
- Fees paid are non-refundable under all circumstances.
- Ticket is non-transferable under all circumstances.
- Group registration will be subjected to group admin fee of $1 per ticket per transaction.
- Replacement/Cancellation of participant will not be allowed under group registration.