Friday, 4 December 2015

Executive Summary

Currently, Singapore depends on fossil fuels as the main method of electricity generation to cater to its energy demand. In order to cater to this demand, the rate of the burning of fossil fuels which a nonrenewable resource is rapid.  This causes high carbon emissions which will lead to serious environmental problems. Singapore needs to find more alternative energy sources through the discovery of unutilized energy and choose a suitable and clean alternative energy source. This will not only cause less damage to our environment but also sustain Singapore’s future development. Our proposal suggests an approach that can be adopted by the Land Transport Authority to implement piezoelectric materials underneath the road surface of Orchard road, so as to make use of the vibrational energy unused by vehicles on the roads to obtain a renewable source of alternative energy.


To assess the feasibility of our proposed approach through the implementation of piezoelectric materials underneath the surface of Orchard Road, our team calculated on the cost of electricity generated per day and the payback period. In addition, our team has also listed down the possible benefits on the usage of piezoelectric materials to further support the feasibility of our approach.

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