While nature has inspired many man-made creations , the developers of Eco Sanctuary take that concept to new heights with the development of a luxurious condominium that attempts to emulate the ecology of its surroundings.

The muse for Eco Sanctuary's landscape design is the rich biodiversity of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, while the architectural form of the three towers is a nod to the adjoining Chestnut Nature Reserve and the nearby Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

Ecologically-themed gardens wrap around the residences, including the Papillon Path, Sunbird Walk, Dragonfly Walk and Lotus Creek. This nature corridor culminates at the Butterfly Gate, which links to the great outdoors. The landscape is designed to integrate with the adjacent park and leads to a cycling and jogging trail as well as the Central Catchment Reserve.

True to its green inspiration, the Eco Sanctuary aims to achieve the BCA Greenmark Platinum standard that will not only help you save on utility bills but also promote sustainability. Some of these features include lifts with a sleep mode, rainwater harvesting and drip irrigation with rain sensor and motion sensors.

The three towers comprise 483 apartments of one, two, three and four-bedroom units featuring high ceilings at 3.4 metres. The condominium will incorporate resort-style recreational facilities, including sky terraces, a sky bridge with a panoramic view, a gymnasium, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a clubhouse and alfresco decks. The sky terraces at each tower offer you gourmet dining rooms, cocktail bars and massage spas for private parties. Hammocks and cabanas are also available for those who just want to relax.

The clubhouse, meanwhile, is planned around a hexagonal sculptural pool on the inside. From the outside, the entire structure appears to float above the swimming pool.

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Recently, McDonald’s launched its new corporate mission geared towards the green movement: “McDonald’s strives to provide eco-friendly workplaces and restaurants that reflect our sustainability goals and demonstrate environmental stewardship in the workplace.”

The McDonald’s Restaurant @ Jurong Central Park opened for business on 1 May 2011. It is situated in the Jurong Central Park, a 8-ha regional park in the Jurong West area across from the Boon Lay MRT Station. The park is accessible via the Jurong and Jurong West Park Connectors.

It is the first park in Singapore to have life-sized board-game features (including Snakes and Ladders and Ludo based on the traditional indoor children's board-games). Visitors can enjoy the games outdoors using the dice tower built in the park for game play. Greenery, sculpted terrains and various play equipment are used to create the board-game features.

The park site retains its existing wetland, a habitat for wildlife species and dragonflies, to complement the existing plants at the site and bring visitors closer to nature. The wetland also serves as a habitat for birds and other wildlife species and helps bring nature back to the urban environment.

To blend into the greenery of the Park, the McDonald’s Restaurant in the Park has incorporated an extensive green roof. The entire mushroom-shaped roof is planted with a refreshing carpet of green, helping the McDonald’s Restaurant to be the first to be awarded the BCA Green Mark Platinum Award under the Restaurant Category.

Apart from enhancing aesthetic appearance and helping in assimilation into green surroundings, the greening of the roof helps to protect the rooftop waterproofing as well as the roof skin itself from extreme UV exposure. Ambient temperature is considerably reduced and the interior of the building kept cool, even though its exterior faces the full brunt of the sun. The restaurant is consequently able to save on energy consumption through lower air-conditioning requirements and to, also at the same time, mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE).

Elmich Green Roof is the system that was selected for the greening of the mushroom-shaped roof of the McDonald’s Restaurant at Jurong Central Park.

VersiDrain® 25P water retention and drainage trays (the principal component of Elmich Green Roof) installed over the mushroom-shaped roof of the restaurant facilitate efficient drainage of excess water and allow water and soluble nutrients stored in the cells to be returned, via evaporation and capillary action, to the planting medium during dry periods. This effectively reduces irrigation frequency and maintains healthy plant growth. The resultant green roof blends seamlessly into the green environment of the Park.

291 Boon Lay Way