Driving Market Transformation

HKGBC engages the community, industry, and government to create practical solutions for Hong Kong’s unique subtropical, built environment. Through partnership and engagement, Hong Kong’s green building practices will gain momentum, providing better choices, creating a more competitive market internationally, and making good community and business sense. 

• HKGBC reaches out to the public and industry on how their actions can contribute to positive change in the built environment
• By engaging a strong body of members, HKGBC brings together industry leaders and passionate supporters in a united council
• We promote performance rating standards, such as BEAM, the Building Environment Assessment Method, to benchmark and enhance the performance of Hong Kong’s built environment
• To promote understanding, we will facilitate ongoing educational outreach and research including training, seminars and focused area studies, in partnership with different industry stakeholders

Our passion for a sustainable built environment is the motivating force to achieve our goals. The wide experience and deep insight of our members is the underlying foundation for real results.

First Year Plan For 2010

In the first year, HKGBC will devote its energies to initiating the market transformation to green building. The 2010 plan focuses on five key areas:

1. Green Building Certification and Promulgation

• Develop a distinctive building environmental assessment method for the Hong Kong environment by enhancing BEAM to include desirable features of CEPAS, and gain international recognition of this unique method
• Launch the BEAM Accredited Practitioner Scheme and operate associated training courses and assessments
• Maintain a list of BEAM Accredited Practitioners for public enquiries

2. Influencing and Advising the Government on the Drive for Green Building Growth

• Influence the Government, public bodies and other major employers to adopt environmental protecting facilities for both new and retrofitted buildings
• Request the Government to take the lead in the market transformation towards a sustainable built environment
• Work with the Government to conduct assessments on government buildings, and improve their building environment performance

3. Leading the Community to Adopt Green Building Practices

• Organise Green Building Award Programs with the Professional Green Building Council
• Educate the public on energy efficiency of building operations to reduce energy consumption and waste
• Encourage the use of green building products, such as substitutes for tungsten light bulbs
• Developing relevant statistics on carbon emissions, energy consumption, etc., in relation to green building practices

4. Protecting the Environment in an Urban Context

• Identify pragmatic approaches to plan and build environmental protecting facilities
• Establish a common vision for an eco-city within the local community

5. Reducing Carbon Emissions

• Set local standards for carbon emissions from buildings which may go beyond the minimum requirements of relevant legislation, and carry out pilot projects to implement these standards