Contents -- Introducing the Race for Sustainability -- What People Are Saying in Th is Book -- Section 1 Why Sustainability Matters -- 1. F1 at Odds with Singapore's Race for Sustainability -- Race for Sustainability? -- Abuse of Power? -- Getting on Track with Electric Vehicles to Share and Race -- Serious Thinking about Sustainability -- Creating an Environment for Change -- Last Words? -- Sources -- 2. Impactful Advocacy: Sense and Sustainability -- Why Energy? -- Why Environment? -- Why Economy? -- Why Ethics? -- Being Clear about Sustainability -- Endnotes -- Sources -- 3. 12 Steps to Sustainability in Business -- Sources -- 4. Profile - Christiana Figueres -- Climate Negotiations: Minding the Gaps -- Sources -- Section 2 Making Energy Efficiency Sexy -- 5. Multiple Outcome Benefits of Energy Efficiency -- Cutting Costs Amounts to More Than Energy Savings Alone -- Sources -- 6. Energy Efficiency as a Business Opportunity -- Singapore Sees the Soft and Sexy Side of It -- Fastest and Cheapest Way of Cutting Energy Use -- Th e New Business Imperative -- Teaming Up for Energy Savings -- Sharing in Success: How You Can Do That -- Getting Hot on Green -- Sources -- 7. Mobilising Investment in Energy Efficiency in Southeast Asia -- World Resources Institute -- Sources -- 8. Profile - Fatih Birol -- Energy Efficiency: The Fuel to Make a Difference -- Sources -- Section 3 Building Hopes Beyond Green Buildings -- 9. Reinventing Fire: Amory Lovins on Energy Efficiency and Retrofits -- Sources -- 10. Initiatives to Keep Singapore Ahead in International Green Buildings -- Sources -- 11. Flying Machines and Robots Bring Productivity to the Building Industry -- Sources -- 12. Profile - Lee Eng Lock -- "We Must Have Total Transparency." -- Reducing Energy Consumption Does Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Sources -- Section 4 The Sun Shines on Renewables.

13. Is Solar the Renewable Energy of Choice in Asia? -- India -- China -- Malaysia -- Thailand -- Philippines -- Singapore -- Cookstoves -- Solar Lamps -- The Clean Energy Fund -- The Clinton Climate Intitiative -- Sources -- 14. Harnessing the Tropical Sun's Energy for Efficient Buildings -- Sources -- 15. The Price Is Right! Renewable Energy Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels -- Cost Competitiveness -- Policy Traction -- Lowering of Non-Economic Barriers to Investment in RE -- Supply Chain Readiness -- Private Capital Availability -- Growth of New Constructions Accelerating -- Breadth and Depth of Opportunities -- Thailand -- Philippines -- Indonesia -- About Armstrong Asset Management -- Sources -- 16. Profile - William Armstrong or Robinson Crusoe? -- References -- Source -- Section 5 Industrial and Innovative Solutions -- 17. Dynamics of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Market -- Levers and Impediments -- Looking Further into the Asia Pacific Region -- Sources -- 18. For Halcyon Agri, Sustainability Makes Business Sense -- Green Commentary -- Source -- 19. Case Study: Energy Management for HSL Constructor -- Route to ISO 50001 Certification -- Action Required for ISO 50001 Certification -- Energy Management Action Programmes -- Moving Forward Beyond Certification -- Sources -- 20. Profile - Mann Young -- Sources -- Section 6 Gold Standard for Sustainable Events -- 21. Taking Sustainability Seriously for Events in Asia -- Sources -- 22. Case Study: Asia's First and Only Sustainable Light Art Festival -- Sources -- 23. Can a Luxury Hotel and Convention Centre be Sustainable? -- Towards a Greener Building -- Staff Awareness -- Sources -- 24. Profile - Sir Richard Branson -- The Energy for All Initiative -- Sources -- Section 7 Air Pollution, Deforestation and Biodiversity -- 25. The Burning Season in Indonesia: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire!.

Sources -- 26. Clearing the Air on Health Impacts of Pollution -- Sources -- 27. What's the Buzz? Bee Populations in Decline and Elephants Feel the Sting -- Elephants Feel the Sting -- The Bee Population Is in Decline -- Sources -- 28. Profile - David Fogarty -- Call it CSI: Singapore -- Special Report: How Indonesia Hurt Its Climate Change Project -- Indonesia Approves Landmark Forest Protection Project -- Sources -- Section 8 Resourceful Management of Waste -- 29. Adding Waste to the Climate-Water-Energy Nexus -- From Takeaway to Throwaway Food -- Solid Waste Management in Asia -- Organic Matter - Main Component of MSW in Asia -- Endnotes -- Sources -- 30. Aiming for a Zero Waste Future -- Sources -- 31. Effective Waste-to-Energy Technologies -- Sources -- 32. Profile - Douglas Woodring -- Sources -- Section 9 Energy Literacy and Creative Education -- 33. Energy Education and a Green Campus -- Brainstorm Call to Monetarise Efficiency, Effectively Price Energy and Carbon -- Green Campus Focuses on Energy Efficiency for Industry -- Sources -- 34. Games for Good: For Sustainability's Sake -- Sources -- 35. Art and Nature: Creatively Connecting Sustainability -- Artworks Dramatically Highlight Our Relationship to Urban Environments -- Sources -- 36. Profile - Kwek Leng Joo -- A Strategic Approach to CSR - Looking at the Business and Beyond -- Sources -- Section 10 Ethics, Media and Communication -- 37. Hacking Is Not in the Sustainability Dictionary -- Sources -- 38. Hackathon as a Means to Reduce Our Environmental Impact -- Sources -- 39. How to Communicate Sustainability and Do It Sustainably! -- Sources -- 40. Profile - Ken Hickson -- Wanted: Integrated Solutions -- Nothing Wasted -- Sources -- Epilogue -- Actions Speak Louder than Words -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author.