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Since 2014, the HKGBC has actively nominated pioneers with outstanding contributions to the sustainability of Asia Pacific’s built environment to represent Hong Kong to compete for the WorldGBC Asia Pacific Leadership in Green Building Awards. Let’s discover more about these Hong Kong Winners!
The Business Leadership in Sustainability Award
Business Leadership in Sustainability Award with Special Recognition, Better Places for People (2018)
Swire Properties Limited, Hong Kong
Swire Properties develops and manages commercial, retail, hotel and residential properties, with a particular focus on mixed-use developments in prime locations at major mass transportation intersections. Swire Properties is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and its investment portfolio in Hong Kong comprises Taikoo Place, Cityplaza and Pacific Place as its core holdings. In addition to Hong Kong, the Company has investments in Mainland China, the United States and Singapore. In Mainland China, Swire Properties has an attributable portfolio amounting to around 9.4 million sq ft, including five mixed-use developments in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shanghai.
The Leadership in Sustainable Design and Performance Award
Leadership in Sustainable Design and Performance Award – Institutional (2020)
Chai Wan Campus for the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), Ronald Lu & Partners (Hong Kong)
Design of the Chai Wan THEi campus fosters the exchange of ideas, not just within the closed boxes of the school community, but also in the natural environment and with the neighbourhood. The twin-block and barrier-free design demonstrates an open, community-centric learning environment.
The campus environment is stimulating and diverse, accommodating facilities for a well-rounded education and nurturing new ideas. The Agora the green heart of the campus where brought to life not only by the interaction and activities within the school community but also a warm welcome to the surrounding community. The interface between the campus and the public space is highly transparent and vigorously maintained to facilitate a constant visual dialogue. Facilities such as exhibition galleries, the greenhouse, classrooms, studios and workshops all adopt glazed façades facing public circulation areas, revealing to visitors the vibrant learning and teaching activities within.
The campus environment is stimulating and diverse, accommodating facilities for a well-rounded education and nurturing new ideas. The Agora the green heart of the campus where brought to life not only by the interaction and activities within the school community but also a warm welcome to the surrounding community. The interface between the campus and the public space is highly transparent and vigorously maintained to facilitate a constant visual dialogue. Facilities such as exhibition galleries, the greenhouse, classrooms, studios and workshops all adopt glazed façades facing public circulation areas, revealing to visitors the vibrant learning and teaching activities within.
Leadership in Sustainable Design and Performance Award - Residential (2016)
Double Cove, Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd., Hong Kong
Double Cove is made up of 3,500 residential units, as well as a shopping mall, clubhouse, landscaped gardens and a central park which acts as the precinct’s ‘green lung’. The development has reduced energy consumption by 15 per cent when compared to business as usual, has more than 80 electric vehicle charge stations and direct access to public transport, and rainwater harvesting captures 1,700 cubic metres of water each year, saving around 70 per cent of the precinct’s drinking water.
Leadership in Sustainable Design and Performance Award – Institutional (2016)
Construction Industry Council – ZCB, Hong Kong
ZCB was the first zero carbon building in Hong Kong, and was specifically designed for the high-density, hot and humid sub-tropical urban context, able to switch from a tightly-sealed air-conditioned environment to a highly-porous cross-ventilated space. More than 1,000 building-integrated solar photovoltaics help ZCB produce enough renewable energy for its ongoing operation, while also exporting surplus energy back to the grid. Half of the site is covered by urban native woodland and high greenery to enhance biodiversity and cool the building in summer by providing shade.
The Women in Green Building Leadership Award
Women in Green Building Leadership Award (2018)
Ms Mary Chan, DLN Architects Limited, Hong Kong
Mary Chan is Head of Sustainable Building Design and Assistant Director at DLN Architects Limited. An architect with over three decades of experience, her achievements and contributions to the green building movement include spearheading further development of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, leading successful public engagement programmes "My Green Space" and the "Green Shopping Alliance" and advocating and influencing government regulators to encourage more green building development in Hong Kong.