1-14 August 2006 - Press Release
BEC Clients Gain Recognition at the 2006 Green Building Awards
Environmental excellence in building design, management, renovation and research was recognized on 30 June 2006 by the inaugural Hong Kong Green Building Awards.
All in all the BEC was involved in no less than 18 of the 55 award entries, mostly through the provision of services in HK-BEAM[1] Green Building Labeling and technical research and development. BEC is proud to congratulate all of its clients on their significant achievements, in particular the seven winners of Grand Awards and Merits in the New Buildings, Existing Buildings and Research and Planning Categories:
- Redevelopment of Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate Phase 2&3 (Hong Kong Housing Authority)
Grand Award - Research & Planning Studies Category
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Decision-Supporting Tool (Hong Kong Housing Authority)
Merit - Research & Planning Studies Category
- Fire Station with Ambulance Depot and Police Post at Penny's Bay (Fire Services Department and Hong Kong Police Force, via Architectural Services Department, HKSARG)
Merit - Institutional Building Design (New Buildings Category)
- Hong Kong Science Park Phase I (Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation via Architectural Services Department, HKSARG)
Merit - Office Building Design (New Buildings Category)
- One Peking (Glorious Sun Group)
Merit - Commercial Building Design (New Buildings Category)
- The Orchards (Swire Properties)
Merit - Residential Building Design (New Buildings Category)
- Wonderland Villas (Hong Yip Service Co Ltd -- member of Sun Hung Kai Properties)
Merit - Green Education & Waste Management (Existing Buildings Category)
Please click here to find out more on the green building features of these entries.
Organised by the Hong Kong Professional Green Building Council (PGBC), the 2006 Green Building Award presentation ceremony was officiated by the Hon Michael M.Y. Suen, Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands. To view the award winners, merits and shortlisted projects in full, visit the Hong Kong Professional Green Building Council website www.hkpgbc.org.
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[1] HK-BEAM, the Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method, is Hong Kong voluntary scheme to measure, improve and label the environmental sustainability of buildings in their planning, design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance and management. To date more than 100 developments of over 60 million square feet of space (and including 50,000 residential units) have been submitted for certification, making HK-BEAM one of the most widely used schemes of its kind in the world. Visit www.hk-beam.org.hk for more information.