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SINGAPORE – More than 1,400 households will be able to monitor electricity usage across all appliances on smart-use enabled flats in Punggol Northshore.
The 1,192 homeowners, roughly 85 percent of the total, who had collected their apartment keys on December 14, were the first in Singapore to live in intelligently enabled Housing Board apartments, HDB said Wednesday ( December 30). .
The 1,402 units are in 12 residential blocks distributed in two Build-To-Order (BTO) projects, Northshore Residences I and II.
These flats are equipped with smart plugs and high-tech switchboards that allow the occupants to transform them into smart homes.
The smart distribution board allows users to monitor their energy consumption, which in turn allows them to save electricity and lower their utility bills, HDB said.
Built-in features allow residents to easily adopt other smart home solutions and applications developed by commercial companies.
Beyond the apartments, smart features have been incorporated into Punggol Northshore, one of seven waterfront housing districts in Punggol.
Residents living in Northshore Residences I and II will be the first to use a next-generation parking system, the latest addition to the district’s suite of smart features.
Parking @ HDB is a smart system with five new functions, four of which will be tested in a car park with 1,000 parking spaces from January 4, 2021.
There will be no gate barriers at the entrance and exit of the parking lot, as the vehicle plates are registered by cameras.
Visitors who park there will have the option of paying charges by credit or debit card through the Parking @ HDB app. The correct fare will be automatically deducted when they exit the car park, without drivers having to manually activate the app or use a CashCard in the vehicle unit.
They will receive real-time in-app notifications at the start and end of their parking sessions, as well as charges incurred. They will even be notified if they are parked in an unauthorized space.
A new color-coded LED ceiling light indicator system will indicate space availability. Green indicates availability for short-term parking, while amber means reserved for seasonal parking. The indicator light will turn off for occupied spaces.
Using the collected data on parking usage, the smart parking system will allocate spaces between seasonal parking and short-term parking to meet the different demands of residents and visitors in real time. This feature will be implemented at a later date.
HDB said it will extend the test to other parking lots in the Northshore district as more BTO projects are completed.
Within the district, sensors have been deployed to analyze the performance of key real estate services, such as lighting, water pumps, elevators, and garbage collection, for predictive maintenance.
Sensor-controlled smart lighting in common areas where little or no human traffic is detected can be automatically dimmed to 30 percent, which can save up to 60 percent in energy use.
An intelligent irrigation system, which uses humidity sensors, considers factors such as rain and sunlight to optimize schedules and water use.
This makes it a less labor-efficient and water-efficient approach to maintaining greenery within the property.
HDB CEO Cheong Koon Hean said the completion of the first smart enclosures at Punggol Northshore is a “major milestone” in HDB’s smart journey that began in 2014.
“The delivery of these smart homes also culminates in 2020, where HDB marks 60 years of transforming Singapore’s public housing landscape, with significant shifts towards well-designed, smart, sustainable and community-focused cities in the past 10 years. “, said. , adding that HDB will continue to leverage smart solutions and bold ideas to create “the best possible homes” for Singaporeans.
Talent manager Alvin Lim, 36, who moved into his five-bedroom apartment at Northshore Residences 1 with his wife and two-year-old daughter earlier this month, said he intends to hook up his smart TV and refrigerator to built-in functions for a start.
Lim, who drives regularly, said barrier-free parking entry and exit makes parking more efficient, saving you a few minutes every day.
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