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Island Landscape & Nursery Pte Ltd

Introduction

Our project focused on Island Landscape & Nursery Pte
Ltd (Island Landscape) through an Environmental Review
conducted at their premises. We investigated the ways
to help the company to reduce its carbon footprint. (Island Landscape & Nursery Pte Ltd)
We aimed to achieve a ‘win-win situation’ where the
company reduces its carbon footprint without incurring The Island Horti-Tech Group has been greening homes,
additional costs. The review included examining the offices and open spaces since 1976. What began as a
following environmental aspects of the business: small Retail Nursery is now a one-stop Garden Centre,
offering complete solutions to all gardening needs,
• Air Pollution; including residential and commercial landscaping
services and plant rental for event decorations,
• Water Pollution to Control Environmental Pollution; both indoors and outdoors. The customers include
commercial buildings such as Capita Green, Raffles City,
• Solid Waste Management; and Rivervale Condo etc. This business has a retail outlet
and operates a nursery ground as a holding area for its
• Noise Pollution. rental plants.

With these goals in mind, this project conduct Besides retail, a significant part of the business involves
measurements to quantify the carbon footprint landscaping works for indoor and outdoor, with greenery
generated by the horticulture industry. It is hoped that rental and maintenance services to enhance building and
sound environmental practices and sustainability can workplace interiors. Plants and landscaping are regularly
be promoted in this sector of Singapore’s economy by maintained and cared for as part of the maintenance
establishing an industry reference. service. The plants are supplied in a propriety soil-less
Hydroculture system to reduce the risk of insects or
unpleasant odours.

Duration of Site Visits 16th Mar – 3rd Apr 2020
Facilities 1. Retail Office (3 Joan Road)
2. Nursery (91 Lim Chu Kang, Lane 1)
Company Personnel involved 1. Jervin (Landscape Design Executive)
2. Tan Lay Keow (Project Manager)

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