Dato’ P’ng Soo Hong Vice President of Manufacturing Opera�ons and Managing Director First Solar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
We have improved accessibility to medical healthcare for our community by introducing the tele-medicine service at our Sunway Medical Centre. Urban farming for sustainable living Our FutureX Farm aims to meet the needs of society, because people are more conscious about climate change today. We coined the concept ‘grow-ners’ - grower and owners, leveraging technology to promote zero wastage. This is cri�cal for the success of a liveable, sustainable city. Smart City innova�ons It is very important to develop solu�ons for the world. Our i-lab, the innova�on lab, is where young people design and develop apps that make life more convenient for the consumer. This is the future. Smart city applica�ons is an industry that will con�nue to grow. equa�on is needed to give importance to renewable energy. The lack of func�oning ins�tu�onal network on renewable energy could be overcome by encouraging joint-effort between government agencies and private ins�tu�ons in order to explore the technical and commercial viability of energy genera�on from renewable resources. Given today’s scenario whereby almost all balance of system (BOS) are imported from overseas, enabling the localisa�on of BOS will create more jobs in the manufacturing sector. Renewable energy projects generally face difficulty in ge�ng financing and loan approval due to the high risk involved and also the lack of technical knowledge on the part of the financiers. However, in recent years, financial ins�tu�ons are more suppor�ve in providing loan to support green energy projects. Awareness There is a lack of informa�on and awareness on the benefits of renewable energy. There are waivers and allowances made available but, not many are aware of the special incen�ves and huge savings that could be generated from the feed-in-tariff mechanism. There is a clear need for government agencies and more channels to improve dissemina�on of informa�on to surge awareness in embracing the sustainable energy agenda.
The Solar industry’s role in smart city Solar energy is the cleanest energy that produces the least carbon emissions into the environment and helps slow climate change. A smart city in which energy is generated by renewable energy also enables jobs crea�on and reduc�on of energy costs for businesses, making it possible for them to channel the cost savings to other areas. The solar industry produces innova�ve solu�ons that can be integrated into an energy management system tomaximise the performance of energy genera�on. Challenges & Improvements Refocusing the energy fuel mix in the country’s energy
Ong Pang Yen Execu�ve Officer, Chairman’s Office Sunway Berhad
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Smart city from the perspec�ve of a township developer Sunway City KL’s success as a liveable and sustainable city is based on these phrases: ‘Live, learn, work, play in a safe, secure, healthy environment.’ So, ours is an integrated model. Smart city is very much technology-centric. In using technology to serve people’s needs, Sunway adopts a human-centric approach. From our understanding, human-centricity is also in the Smart City Framework. Smart Living is about crea�ng liveable ci�es, improving urban safety, security and healthcare.
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