Designs that aid in cooling the environment using natural ventilation LED light fittings for street lights, facilities, car parks and common areas Low-E glaze installation and roof insulation to reduce building cooling load* Light fixtures with timer control in public spaces Optimise the use of natural daylight through passive architectural design Lifts with regenerative features* Sensor-based escalators that only operate when foot tra c is detected** Motion sensorcontrolled lighting at stairways** * Features installed at Tropicana Gardens & Tropicana Miyu projects only ** Features installed at Tropicana Gardens projects only *** Features installed at Tropicana Aman only In encouraging low energy usage to our customers, and to help reduce our emissions impact, Tropicana applies innovative building designs that o er natural ventilation and lighting to reduce electricity consumption and wastage. At Tropicana Cenang, we designed the development based on the approach of the Thermal Performance of Building Envelop (“RETV”) to enhance the thermal building performance. Below are examples of energy-e cient features installed in our developments. RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT In reducing our dependency towards non-renewable energy, we have taken the initiative to install solar roof panels at our Tropicana Golf & Country Resort, Petaling Jaya in 2021. Installation of the 2,214 solar photovoltaic panels commenced in March 2021. The panels spread across 53,204 sq ft of rooftop space at TGCR’s clubhouse, were fully operational by September 2021. The installation has managed to generate savings in our energy bills year on year. In FY2023, the solar panels generated an average of 107,831 kWh of electricity a month, with a total savings of RM427,347 in energy bills a year. At Tropicana Metropark in Subang Jaya, we installed windmills that power water turbines in an innovative bio-filtration system to maintain the water quality in the development’s 4.41-acre lake, which has been up and running since 2021 until now. TROPICANA GARDEN’S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO DESIGN To reduce our dependency on electricity consumption and create a comfortable and environmentally neutral spatial experience, we employed a selected climate control design strategy in the Tropicana Gardens development: 1. Creating a cool microclimate to discourage heat build-up by planting trees and vegetation, both on the roof and on ground level; creating water features inside the ‘canyon walk’, and having ‘cool air dumping’ from tenants’ air conditioning 2. Promoting thermal mass cooling – through the creation of a ‘natural stack e ect’ that will draw in cool air from the surrounding environment and exhaust warm air 3. Encouraging natural ventilation by designing with sensitivity to wind paths and installing operable roofs that will exploit such cool airflow 4. Promoting evaporative and earth cooling through radiant and evaporative cooling on the ground level 5. Minimize solar gain through the use of high-performance glass and the installation of natural and man-made shading devices Solar powered water heater*** Low-Emissivity Performance Glazing for all apartments windows 88 ANNUAL REPORT 2023
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