In an era where the world faces a climate change crisis, the real estate and building industry must confront major challenges. Most recently, Sansiri Public Company Limited reaffirmed its position as a leading sustainability pioneer in Thailand, announcing the industry's first partnership with Siam Daikin Company Limited to launch the "Sustainable Cooliving Lifecycle" model—a comprehensive approach to managing cooling systems and refrigerants (Refrigerant Management) to genuinely elevate environmentally friendly living standards.
Typically, “cooling systems” are viewed only in terms of electricity savings, but in reality, the “refrigerants” used in air conditioners are one of the main factors contributing to a building's direct greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 Emission) if not properly managed.
This partnership therefore addresses the problem at its root by managing refrigerants efficiently—reducing the use of new refrigerants, controlling and mitigating leakage risks, and systematically and safely reclaiming and recycling refrigerants. This marks an important step for the Thai real estate industry in concretely driving the Circular Economy in this dimension.
Decoding the 3 Key Steps in Caring for Residents: Committed to Sustainability from Day One
Sansiri does not view sustainability as mere policy, but passes this value on to residents' real-life experiences throughout their stay, through the strength of 3 key mechanisms:
- Elevating eco-friendly housing: Sansiri is upgrading air conditioning standards in its condominium projects, starting with 6 pilot projects such as VIA 61, VIA 34 and WIDEN by Sansiri, which use high-efficiency, energy-saving air conditioning systems alongside refrigerant recovery to enter quality restoration and recycling processes, aiming to tangibly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Developing installation and maintenance services: Sansiri Homecare, together with Daikin, is enhancing the capabilities of more than 17 specialist technician teams in recovering refrigerants according to Daikin standards, to feed into quality restoration processes and recirculate them for use in repair services or refills for residents' air conditioners—with quality and safety equivalent to standard refrigerants—sustainably reducing dependence on new refrigerants.
- Extending to sustainable building management: Plus Property continues the use of Reclaimed Refrigerant in the maintenance of air conditioning systems for projects under its management, piloting at Siri Campus (Sansiri Headquarters) and Habito Mall, by selecting refrigerants that have been reclaimed and restored to quality for real use, helping reduce the building's environmental impact in the long run.
Elevating the Green Ecosystem, Driving Toward Truly Net Zero
For Sansiri, sustainability is not just about designing energy-efficient projects, but must go deeper into building management processes and residents' actual ways of living. This partnership not only reaffirms Sansiri's role as a leader focused on real action
but also serves as a powerful example of building a Green Ecosystem together with supply chain partners, setting a new standard for the real estate industry, transforming after-sales services and system installation in refrigerant management into a key mechanism for reducing environmental impact, and enabling a step forward toward the Circular Economy and the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions (Net Zero) in a sustainable manner.
