Sustainability | Pan Pacific Orchard

Commitment to Sustainability

Soaring above Singapore’s prime shopping belt within the iconic Orchard precinct, Pan Pacific Orchard is a verdant sanctuary blending graceful Asian hospitality with exemplary architectural design that draws nature inwards, epitomising Singapore's unique position as a City in Nature.

Envisioned by WOHA as a new prototype for high-rise tropical hospitality, Pan Pacific Orchard is one of Singapore’s only luxury hotels designed with the environment in mind. The property's bold architectural approach integrates design with nature seamlessly, underpinned by conscious practices employed throughout the hotel, embodying the vision of sustainable hospitality and graceful luxury by Pan Pacific Hotels Group. 

Pan Pacific Orchard has obtained Green Mark Platinum rating, awarded by Singapore's Building and Construction Authority to recognise projects whose design and performance adhere to best practices in environmental sustainability. 

Greenery from Within

With four distinct environments inspired by Singapore’s various landscapes, Pan Pacific Orchard brims with more than 7,300 square metres of foliage, transporting guests to the forest, the beach, the gardens, and into the clouds. 

Forest Terrace offers guests an immediate respite from the hustle and bustle of Orchard in a 3-dimensional forest with a myriad of tropical plant species around the edges of a stepping waterfall and landscaped pond. Beach Terrace is a tropical oasis with an organically-shaped emerald lagoon, a meandering sandy beachfront and giant sandcastle dunes between groves of palms, sea hibiscus and pandanus, all coastal species found at the seaside. Garden Terrace offers a curated garden setting with a foyer designed as a square gazebo with framed passageways and a bronze water sculpture in the centre. Cloud Terrace is an urban destination that houses the Claymore Ballroom, Scott’s Room and an outdoor event space up in the sky, set in between silver-hued plantings, reflective pools and a perforated mirror ceiling. 

Rooms

Low-emissivity glass filters ample natural daylight and together with double-glazed glass, achieves energy saving by keeping the interior ambient temperature cooler by almost two degrees Celsius, for the same amount of energy used. 

Motion sensors have been installed in all guestrooms and public areas that enable intelligent temperature control and efficient use of energy. The motion sensors power down lights and air-conditioning in the guestrooms when no guest presence is detected. 

Hot and cold filtered water dispensers eliminate single-use plastic in guestrooms and encourage refillable water bottles. In partnership with Ocean Bottle, the exclusive Pan Pacific Ocean Bottle is available for guests to purchase. Each of these reusable bottles funds the collection of plastic that is equivalent to 1,000 ocean-bound bottles, and proceeds from the purchase will go towards the Plant-a-Tree programme to green our city. 

Self-sustainability

The building's energy, water and waste building systems are integrated with each other: 360 photovoltaic panels on the roof generate clean energy that supplements the building’s energy usage; rainwater is harvested to irrigate the greenery; and a bio-digester system transforms food waste into cleaning water.

Design of the terraces allows cross ventilation, self-shading and daylighting, reducing overall dependency on energy, and creating a unique urban resort ambience with natural light and fresh air, aided by low-energy dry mist fans in strategic areas that reduce the need for air-conditioning and artificial lighting.

Greenery and water bodies create environmental buffers and surfaces that cool the temperature and help to combat the urban heat island effect. The plants provide further valuable ecosystem services like regulating air quality and sequestering carbon dioxide.