Future Park Shopping Center was officially started to operate in 1995 under the management of Rangsit Plaza Co.,Ltd. The buildings has four stories with one basement and can be categorized into Shopping Center and Offices. Future Park located at 94 Future Park, Paholyothin Road, Prachathipat, Thunyaburi, Pathumthani, Thailand on area of 106 Rai. The gross areas are 302,829 m2 which composed of functional area 189,110 m2, air conditioning area 135,396 m2, non-air conditioning area 53,714 m2 and car park 113,719 m2. The shopping center receives over 160,000 visitors in daily and operates 10.30 am-9.30 pm on Monday to Friday and 10.00 am-10.00 pm on Saturday and Sunday with total operating hour 4,198 h/y.

The energy consumption for Future Park Shopping Center can be classified into electrical consumption and thermal energy (LPG and Diesel). LPG uses for cooking and diesel uses for electricity generator. The breakdown of electricity consumption and thermal consumption are 87% and 13%, respectively.

The energy uses in Future Park are classified into 3 sections, namely, Central Area, Office area and rental shop area. Energy consumption for each section are recorded by digital meter as following.

• Central Area: This area covers central air conditioning system, lighting system and public utilities
• Office Area: Electricity is supplied to office area for air conditioning system, lighting system and office equipment.
• Rental Shop Area: This section covers all rental shops.

The Management of Wastes and Pollutants towards Recycle Projects

According to Future Park Shopping Center’s policy and commitment, material and waste scrap are recycle by various processes for waste reduction and can generate incomes for the community and conserve the environments which are divided into 2 parts.

• Self-Waste Management
  • Secondary Waste Water Treatment is operated with color and odor removal and reused for water planting and water flushing. Moreover, the remaining waste water treatment will be recycled with Ultra Filtration Membrane Technology and used in cooling tower system. Sludge is distributed to buyer.
  • Papers (used 1 page) are used to produce the book and donate to interested schools and organizations.
  • Preparation of the cloth bag to whole staffs, customers and rental shops instead of plastic bag.
• Waste without Self-Management
  • Ink cartridge, glass bottle, plastic bottle and paper box are separated to distribute in recycle market.

Savings Narrative:

According to the energy crisis, the board and whole staffs of Future Park Shopping Center promptly conjoin to concentrate on energy conservation. The board of Future Park Shopping Center fully supports energy conservation activities to achieve the sustainable energy uses.
Energy conservation measures obtained from energy management without investment and with investment from retrofitting, replacement of existing equipment to the high efficient equipment and using high technology for efficient management. The energy saving can be achieved with the amount of 1,754,900 kWh per year and the values of saving 6,483,400 Baht.
Energy management and replacement of more efficient equipment can reduce CO2 emission is 1,200 Ton CO2 per year.
Moreover, Future Park pursues environmental issues i.e. waste segregation, waste recycle, water recycle, planting trees along road and car park and planting tree in various areas to increase the amount of oxygen content.
Future Park applied ISO 14001standard to its organization to deal with waste management, water pollution and air pollution i.e. deteriorated materials, food scrap, wash water and garbage are systematic managed. Waste water was pump to the storage tank and then process to water recycle treatment under water standard conditions. Dry garbage are identified the proper separation place and distribute to recycle market directly between rental shops and waste buyers. The rest is left to municipal waste disposal determination.