March 2021

EGS-plan (Bangkok) Co., Ltd. supports the “Energy in Transition – Powering Tomorrow” travelling exhibition organized by Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

This insightful exhibition started off in Berlin and will be displayed in Samyan Mitrtower in Bangkok until 18 March. It illustrates new and innovative technologies, including the models of Thailand energy and transport transition towards the future.

EGS-plan supports the exhibition with the model of the sustainable Pandora factory in Lamphun. This project was developed in close cooperation with the architecture company OIA Co., Ltd. (OFFICE FOR INTERIOR & ARCHITECTURE CO.,LTD.) and was awarded with the LEED Gold certificate for its outstanding sustainability concept.

Renowned architectural magazine ROOM selected Safebox – EGS-plan’s office location – to be one of 100 best office and workspace designs. It is located a bit hidden near Chula Centenary Park close to Hua Lamphong train station.

Even though EGS-plan hasn’t been involved in the design of the refurbished warehouse building we are very happy that the renovation was implemented following sustainable design principles: light flooded, open office spaces, several meeting rooms, large communication and resting areas and a coffee shop with “instagrammable” coffee specialties. A fresh air ventilation system keeps CO2 levels under control, while an air purifier reduces the PM2.5 content in the air to protect the health of our employees. A Photovoltaic system on the roof covers about 70% of the energy demand of the building and thus reduces the environmental footprint of our premises.

All in all, we are very happy to be tenant at Safebox and to be able to provide productive and fun workplaces to our employees. Customers and people who are curious about our work are mostly welcome to visit and have a cup of “fancy” coffee with us!

The development of the Thai Building Energy Code (BEC) goes back to the early 90s but has been delayed due to political blockades. Finally, in March 2021 an updated version will be enforced and applies to new buildings with a gross floor area of more than 10,000 sqm GFA (2021), then 5,000 sqm GFA (2022) and 2,000 sqm GFA (2023 onward). As a new service EGS-plan (Bangkok) Co., Ltd. is offering to conduct BEC calculations for new construction projects. EGS-plan has officially certified BEC auditors who can consult design teams to fulfil or overfulfil BEC requirements with cost-efficient technologies and design strategies.

The BEC sets minimum requirements regarding the thermal performance of the building façade (OTTV), roof (RTTV), lighting (LPD), air conditioning (AC) and renewable energies (RE). To allow more flexibility in regard to the building design it is also possible to follow a whole building approach where the weakness of one system can be compensated by the strength of another system.