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  • 3 Amazing Buildings Around The Globe with Which You Can Fall in Love with in Seconds!

    3 Amazing Buildings Around The Globe with Which You Can Fall in Love with in Seconds!

    Buildings nowadays are not just a combination of concrete and cement, in fact, innovation flair has added its magic across the globe. The buildings have now become smarter, design-oriented, and an artificial person itself. Across the world, people are talking about the benefits of having a smart building at the disposal and even the research has backed that architecture of the building plays a crucial role in shaping human nature.

    Following are the 3 amazing buildings in the world that have taken the attention of the world right now:

    Glumac: China, Shanghai

    When you look at this 6000 sq feet architecture from outside, it appears to be a normal office building just like other buildings around it. However, this building was the first one to apply for Asia’s Living Building Challenge Certificate. Its structure makes it the most livable building in the Asian Continent. The uniqueness of the building is its air monitoring system which allows the employees to measure the quality of the air within the organization on their smartphones. This building has five levels of air purification system to help them breathe fresh air within these strong yet innovate walls.

    The Bullitt Center: Washington, Seattle

    This building has been awarded the title of “the greenest commercial architecture of the world”. With the invention of this amazing building, the building domain was given new goals and visions to break its own record by building a smarter, efficient, and productive structure beyond this. Well, most buildings aim at sustaining close to 40 years altogether, but this extraordinary structure has increased that bar too by attaining a lifespan of 250 years and even the ARCO Design Build aims the same. The most astonishing feature of the building is that it consumes net zero energy as 575 solar panels are installed to generate electricity. The characteristics that make it one of its kind in the world are:

    • Net Zero Energy
    • Net Zero Water
    • Net Zero Carbon
    • Fertilizing Toilets
    • Harmless Materials

    The Edge: The Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The edge is also the headquarters of Deloitte and is awarded the label, “The smartest Building on Earth”. The feature that makes it distinct from others is the application that measures the performance and productivity of the employees. The app knows each and every movement of the employee and then updates the information accordingly.  This building has given the working style a new edge. It has integrated information technology and artificial intelligence in a way that it balances the way we perform a task depending on the environment where it is being executed. According to a British Agency; BREEAM, this is also labeled as the greenest building in the world which has helped it to attain the highest sustainable score in the world-98.4%

    Conclusion:

    The next generation smart buildings are integrating technology in such a manner that the architecture of the buildings speak for itself. From going greener to toxic free, structures are being designed by keeping the humans who are going to work inside those walls. Henceforth, from energy efficient to the enhancement of productivity is what smart builders are aiming at.

  • Singapore – 4th in Youth Economic Progress Globally

    Singapore is well-known as an international economic growth hub located strategically at the heart of Southeast Asian areas, but it has also done much more than just that. In a recent study, Singapore was found to place 4th in youth economic progress, the highest rank any Southeast Asian country has received in this field. Singapore has once again stumped its neighbouring counterparts and has arisen as the best in terms of economic growth in the area.

    The study was conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit and was commissioned by Citi Foundation. Accelerating Pathways surveyed over 5,000 18-25 year olds on their ideas and options regarding economic prospects and aspirations. The process included a city-level index that assessed the environment experience by youth in 35 major cities worldwide.

    Singapore topped the employment and entrepreneurship category, which was no surprise. It also appeared in the top 10 for every other category in the survey, keeping it a consistently high prospect for many of the youth. It came in 7th for government support and institutional framework, 7th for education and training, and again 7th for human and social capital. Aside from these impressive results, Singapore was also among the top countries for 12 sub-indicators, including corruption, health care and safety, opportunities for youth, access to technology, and quality of employment opportunities for the youth.

    Despite all of these incredible results, Singapore was ranked last in terms of cost of living because of the expensive prices for goods and services, and was ranked 32nd for youth optimism about their economic future. Finally, they ranked 33rd in terms of migration, which depended on whether or not respondents have had to move for education or better quality of living in the last five years.

    Singapore ranked 4th in the list, coming in close to Toronto, New York, and Chicago. Despite some of the low rankings it raked it from some of the sub-indicators, Singapore still reigned supreme in comparison to other countries and cities within the Southeast Asian region. This makes it the ideal place for your business minded individuals to establish their base camp and begin their enterprise in the years to come.

    Singapore puts a great amount of concern into the image that they have on young entrepreneurs. It is because of these investors, both local and foreign, that Singapore has become the thriving city-state that it is today. Singapore is one of the best locations for many companies because of its ideal location and unparalleled advantages in terms of economic growth. The city-state allows 100% ownership in many of its economic sectors, which means foreign investors who establish their headquarters in this country won’t have to worry about splitting their profits with the country or the government. Singapore also allows foreign companies to gain access to the same benefits and advantages that local companies are given.

    Singapore aims to improve its economic atmosphere further to help resolve the issues that many of the youth see in them.

    Nick James writes for CompanyStampSingapore.com, where he wrote most of the website content. He wrote the article “Eco Friendly Rubber Stamps” and “How to make your Company Stamps look impressive“.

  • Singapore’s Success an Inspiration for India

    The overwhelming success of Singapore on multiple fronts has become a major inspiration and blueprint for countries all around the world, but India in particular has been focusing close on the incredible growth that Singapore has enjoyed as far as business and their economy is concerned.

    India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it his mission to help empower his people the same way that the people of Singapore have been empowered by their government, offering them the same kind of opportunities to take advantage of important skills training and educational programs that will help to solidify the foundation of India itself.

    During the 37th Singapore lecture, Prime Minister Modi made sure to speak about all of the different lessons that he’s been able to pull from Singapore, including the unique way that they’ve been able to tap into all of their resources and create one of the most important countries on the global scale even though they are a fraction of the size of India.

    The Prime Minister is focused on “appropriating” as many of the foundational ideals and programs that Singapore has taken advantage of to create the country that has become so powerful and integrating them into Indian culture.

     His administration has been on a continuous mission to learn as much about Singapore as possible (past, present, and future), and find ways to adapt the same kind of drive, interests, and economic push that has helped push Singapore to the front of the global stage.

    Creating an Environment Where the People can Flourish

    During the lecture that Prime Minister Modi delivered, the biggest take away was certainly his belief that the people of Singapore benefited significantly from all of the different educational and training programs and opportunities that the government made available here

    India has one of the world’s largest populations, and though they have fantastic schools, universities, training programs, and a real focus on education, they don’t have the same kind of “reach” that the people of Singapore do.

    Under the new prime minister, all of this is set to change as his administration is focused on empowering the people as much as possible to help build India from the ground up.

    He mentions that over the last 18 months, India has worked closely with the Pacific island nations more than pretty much any other part of the world, and that they are looking for ways to create real and lasting relationships that will be mutually beneficial to all nations involved.

    The governments of Singapore and India are working together to create a Free Trade Agreement which is going to bring together 16 different parties, each of which are going to be equal partners to help share information, technology, and commerce across the board. This is going to be the kind of game changing platform that India will be able to leverage to catapult themselves onto the world stage much in the same way that Singapore did, and Singapore is playing a very active role in helping them do exactly that.

    Morris Edwards is a content writer at A1 Business Pte Ltd, where he writes most content on the site, and also writes the company blog.  Topics ranging from Singapore Business Start-up Tips to Why is Singapore an ideal place to set up business