The building has been awarded Green Mark Platinum certification by the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore.

UWC (or the United World Colleges) is a global network of schools and educational programmes.

The solar thermal collectors with a total area of 3,872 m² generates “green” energy of 1,600 to 2,200 MWh per year over 25 years. SOLID installed large scale solar thermal collectors, which are especially suited for high temperatures. With a size of 9– 12 m² per panel, it is technically suited to realize larger collector fields and fits perfectly in transportation oversee containers.

For cooling purposes, a Lithium-Bromide absorption chiller with a cooling capacity of 1,470 kW is used. In 2011 this was the most powerful solar cooling system worldwide.