Majid Sapar

Majid holds a MSc in Building Services Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from University of Sunderland, both in UK.

Before coming to Singapore, worked as an Engineer with Brunei’s Department of Electrical Services in charge of its’ Mechanical Maintenance Unit under the Building Services Section. Responsibility then includes managing the day-to-day maintenance, retrofitting and repair works for all government owned buildings including VVIP and Royal Residences for the whole country.

Represented Brunei as Committee Member for ASEAN-Energy Efficiency & Conservation Sub-Sector Network-EE&C (One of the sub-committee reporting to ASEAN Ministers for Energy) as well as Board Member of ASEAN Board of Judges for ASEAN Energy Awards from 1999-2002.

Moved to Singapore in late 2002 and joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) as Research Fellow in the Centre for Total Building Performance, Department of Building to carry-out research work on building energy performance funded by Building & Construction Authority (BCA) and CapitaLand Pte Ltd. For this project, helped to develop Singapore’s Building Energy Efficiency Index classification as a measure to determine how efficient a building is as compare to their peers and as benchmark for engineers/designers when setting energy efficiency target for new building design.

Has also helped to set-up in NUS, Energy Sustainability Unit, in managing and developing programmes funded by Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) to develop the energy services sector in Singapore i.e. those who provide services energy retrofitting and conservation work. Programmes includes ESCO accreditation scheme, training and certification for local energy manager and engineers. Both completed projects were headed by Associate Professor Lee Siew Eang of NUS’s Department of Building.

Joined ARUP’s Singapore office in late 2006 after completing the EDB project as Senior Sustainable Design Consultant. At ARUP, lead and specialises in building physics, environmentally sustainable design (ESD), building services system energy performance and green building certification assessment (Green Mark/LEED). While at ARUP, has been involved with such projects as Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, Singapore Pavillion@2010 Shanghai Expo, Ritz Carlton Residences in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Radisson Hotel in Mumbai, India.

Left ARUP in late 2010 to join Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Singapore office to help set-up and build-up its ESD capability as well as for better career prospect. Major current project include retrofitting work for an institutional campus (national training institute for educators) to upgrade the current chiller plant system.

Majid is also a Chartered Engineer under CIBSE (UK) and a Certified Green Mark Professional with BCA.