United World College, Singapore

UWC (or the United World Colleges) is a global network of schools and educational programmes with the shared mission of “making education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future”. To satisfy the needs of growing numbers of pupils and students the United World College of South East Asia (UWC-SEA) has developed a second campus in Singapore in 2010. The inaugurated East Campus has a size of 60,000 m² and can house 2,200 pupils. It facilitates a wide range of infrastructures such as workshops, laboratories, audio studios, theaters, libraries, cafeterias, dorms, sports grounds as well as green recreational areas for students and staff. This East Campus is a light-house project not only for educational services but also for the state of the art environment and climate protection technologies applied. The solar thermal collectors with a total area of 3,872 m² generates “green” energy of 1,600 to 2,200 MWh per year over 25 years. SOLID installed large scale solar thermal collectors, which are especially suited for high temperatures. With a size of 9– 12 m² per panel, it is technically suited to realize larger collector fields and fits perfectly in transportation oversee containers.