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International Seminar
Technology and Innovation for Zero
Carbon Building
4th Seminar Proceedings
HKU CIVIL ENGRG. DEPT.
Organised by:
Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Development
The University of Hong Kong
Co-organised by:
Construction Industry Council
Zero Carbon Building
Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House
The University of Hong Kong
December 2016
Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership for Enhancing
Public and Stakeholder Engagement
Seminar Series of Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership
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The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership
c/o
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, December 2016
Edited by Wei Pan, Mi Pan and Yi Yang
Members of Project Committee
Dr Wei Pan The University of Hong Kong
Prof Thomas Ng The University of Hong Kong
Prof S.C. Wong The University of Hong Kong
Dr Frank Xu The University of Hong Kong
Mr Julian Lee Construction Industry Council
Dr Guiyi Li Zero Carbon Building (retired)
Prof Conrad Wong Hong Kong Green Building Council
Ms Ada Fung Hong Kong Housing Authority
Mr Felix Leung China Trend Building
Prof Chimay Anumba The Pennsylvania State University
Mr Rob Pannell Zero Carbon Hub
Acknowledgements
This publication was made possible by the research funding from Construction Industry
Council. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the official views of Construction Industry Council.
Joining The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership www.hkzcp.org
Should you be interested to join the Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership, please contact
Dr Wei Pan of the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong at
[email protected], +852 2859 2671.
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Table of Contents
About The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership ....................................................... 4
About The Seminar Series............................................................................................ 5
Special Support from.................................................................................................... 6
Supporting Organizations of This Event..................................................................... 6
Seminar Rundown ........................................................................................................ 7
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 8
Welcome Speech ......................................................................................................... 10
Opening Speech .......................................................................................................... 11
Delivering Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in the UK ........................................... 13
Achieving Low or Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in Australia ........................... 15
Subtropical High-density Zero Energy Buildings in Singapore .............................. 17
Integration of End-user Needs in Net-Zero Energy Buildings ................................ 19
Net-Zero Energy Buildings and Automated Technology ......................................... 21
Design and Operation of Zero Carbon Building in Hong Kong ............................... 23
Plenary Session........................................................................................................... 25
Closing Remarks ......................................................................................................... 26
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About The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership
The zero carbon building approach has been adopted in many countries and regions as
an important government strategy for addressing climate change, achieving a low
carbon economy and uplifting quality of people’s life. Zero carbon buildings are far more
than a technological solution, but complex socio-technical systems. It is therefore
important to enhance public and stakeholder engagement in the planning and delivery
of zero carbon buildings. However, how stakeholders can work in partnership for
delivering zero carbon buildings effectively remains a socio-technical challenge.
The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership is a research initiative funded by the
Construction Industry Council (CIC) and led by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) with
support from a number of organizations including Zero Carbon Building (ZCB), Hong
Kong Housing Authority (HKHA), Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC), China
Trend Building Press, Pennsylvania State University, and Zero Carbon Hub. The
Partnership aims to function as a mechanism to bridge the links between the public and
many stakeholder groups in Hong Kong and beyond, and provide a platform to support
the transition of the buildings and the built environment in Hong Kong towards zero
carbon and sustainability. Supporting the Partnership is the Hong Kong Zero Carbon
Portal with measurement and monitoring of Hong Kong’s public and stakeholders’
understanding, attitude and behaviour regarding zero carbon building.
HKU CIVIL ENGRG. DEPT.
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About The Seminar Series
The seminar series are an important part of the research initiative, on which the
Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership is based. The seminars aim to share and
disseminate the knowledge of zero carbon building in relation to the principles,
practices, policies and priorities in Hong Kong, and internationally as well. The
principles include the elements, parameters, boundaries of zero carbon buildings
in a systems manner, and the associated public and stakeholders’ perceptions.
The practices refer to the challenges, opportunities, good practice and lesson
learnt with regard to the planning and delivery of zero carbon buildings. The
policies denote the relevant policies, codes and regulations to low or zero carbon
building. The priorities mean the strategies for management and benchmarking.
The seminars together will help Hong Kong public and stakeholders understand
zero carbon buildings as complex socio-technical systems which embrace
product, process and people, and therefore inform and support their attitudes
and behaviours for building towards zero carbon.
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Seminar Rundown
1:30 – 2:00pm Registration
2:00 – 2:05pm Welcome Speech Dr Wei Pan, Project Director, Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership
2:05 – 2:15pm Opening Speech Ms Christine Loh, Under Secretary for Environment, HKSAR Government
2:15 – 2:25pm Photo Session (Moderated by Prof CK Mak, Vice Chairman, CICID)
2:25 – 2:50pm Delivering Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in the UK Prof Phillip Jones, Chair in Architectural Science, Cardiff University, UK
2:50 – 3:15pm Achieving Low or Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in Australia Prof Deo Prasad, Chief Executive Officer, Low Carbon Living CRC, Australia
3:15 – 3:40pm Subtropical High-density Zero Energy Buildings in Singapore Dr Chun-ping Gao, Director of Green Building Innovation Cluster, Building and Construction Authority, Singapore
3:40 – 4:00pm Refreshments
4:00 – 4:25pm Integration of End-user Needs in Net-Zero Energy Buildings Prof Chimay Anumba, Dean of College of Design, Construction & Planning, University of Florida, US
4:25 – 4:45pm Net-Zero Energy Buildings and Automated Technology Dr Thomas Linner, Chair of Building Realization and Robotics, Technical University Munich, Germany
4:45 – 5:05pm Design and Operation of Zero Carbon Building in Hong Kong Mr Justin Li, Assistant Director, Zero Carbon Building, Construction Industry Council, HKSAR
5:05 – 5:25pm Plenary Session Prof Jones, Prof Prasad, Dr Gao, Prof Anumba and Dr Linner; moderated by Prof Sam Chan, The University of Hong Kong
5:25 – 5:30pm Closing Remarks Prof Thomas Ng, Executive Director, CICID, The University of Hong Kong
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Executive Summary
The fourth seminar of the Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership (HKZCP) entitled
‘Technology and Innovation for Zero Carbon Building’ was held at the Graduate House of
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) on 14 December 2016. As an essential part of the
HKZCP seminar series, this seminar was co-organised by the HKU Centre for Innovation
in Construction and Infrastructure Development (CICID), Construction Industry Council
(CIC) and Zero Carbon Building (ZCB), with special support from Climate Ready @ HK
and Environment Bureau of the HKSAR Government. Over 250 professionals and
stakeholders from government, industry and academia participated in the seminar. A
number of well-known speakers from the US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Germany and
Hong Kong shared the state-of-the-art technology and innovation for low or zero carbon
buildings over the two sessions of the seminar.
In the first session, Dr Wei Pan, Project Director of the HKZCP first welcomed all
participants and provided an outline of the seminar. Then Ms Christine Loh, Under
Secretary for Environment of the HKSAR Government opened the seminar, and
introduced the government initiatives in combating climate change and promoting
sustainable development. Prof Phillip Jones, Chair of Architectural Science of Cardiff
University, subsequently presented the case of delivering zero carbon buildings in the
UK. After that, Prof Deo Prasad, Chief Executive Officer of Australia Low Carbon Living
CRC, shared the experiences of Australia on achieving low or zero carbon buildings. Dr
Chun-ping Gao, Director of Green Building Innovation Cluster of Singapore Building and
Construction Authority, contributed a Singaporean perspective of delivering subtropical
high-density zero energy buildings.
In the second session, Prof Chimay Anumba, Dean of College of Design, Construction &
Planning of University of Florida, gave a talk on the integration of end-user needs in
net-zero energy buildings. Dr Thomas Linner from Chair of Building Realization and
Robotics of Technical University Munich presented the utilization of advanced
automated and robotic construction in the context of sustainable building. Then Mr
Justin Li, Assistant Director of Environment & Sustainability of Zero Carbon Building
shared on the design and operation of Zero Carbon Building in Hong Kong. At the end of
the seminar Prof Sam Chan, Associate Director of CICID, moderated a plenary session,
which furthered the sharing and debating on how technology and innovation can best
help to deliver zero carbon buildings. Over the Closing Remarks Prof Thomas Ng,
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Executive Director of CICID, highlighted the crucial role of technologies to tackle the
significant challenges for delivering buildings towards zero carbon in Hong Kong and
called for cross-industry and community learning and sharing and collaborating.
From left to right are Mr Justin Li, Prof Chimay Anumba, Dr Chun-ping Gao, Prof Deo Prasad, Ms
Christine Loh, Prof Phillip Jones, Prof CK Mak, Dr Thomas Linner, Prof Thomas Ng, Prof Sam Chan,
and Dr Wei Pan
Audience
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Welcome Speech Dr Wei Pan, Project Director, Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership
Bio
Dr Wei Pan is Co-Chair of Low Carbon Construction Taskforce and Associate Director of Centre
for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Development (CICID) of The University of Hong
Kong. He is specialised in sustainable construction and management, with research interest
covering zero carbon building, prefabrication, productivity and decision making, having secured
over HK$24million research fund and authored over 130 publications. He received his BSc in
Civil Engineering from Hunan University and MSc and PhD in Construction Management from
Loughborough University, and is visiting academic to Imperial College London. He has 21 years of
professional experience in Asia and Europe in building design and engineering, construction
project management and innovation management. He is Chartered Builder, Chartered
Environmentalist, and Fellow of Higher Education Academy.
Dr Wei Pan first welcomed all participants to the seminar and thanked all the
supporting organisations. He then briefly introduced the Hong Kong Zero Carbon
Partnership (HKZCP), which has attracted over 65 corporate members locally
and globally. He also highlighted the vision of the HKZCP, i.e. “to help position
Hong Kong as a world-class knowledge-based, innovation-driven and
multi-stakeholder-engaged hub for zero carbon building in urban environments”,
and reported the operation status of the HKZCP Portal. By reviewing the past
seminars and workshops under the HKZCP, Dr Pan demonstrated the strong
influence of the Partnership and invited more organisations to join.
Dr Wei Pan, Project Director,
Hong Kong Zero Carbon
Partnership, delivered the
Welcome Speech.
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Opening Speech
Ms Christine Loh
Under Secretary for Environment, HKSAR Government
Bio
Ms Christine Loh was the Chief Executive Officer of the non-profi t public policy think tank Civic
Exchange prior to joining the HKSAR Government in September 2012. Prior to founding Civic
Exchange in 2000, Ms Loh had spent nearly a decade as a politician and member of the
Legislative Council (1992-97 and 1998-2000). Before joining the Legislative Council, Ms Loh held
senior regional positions in commodities trading, as well as in project negotiation. Having been
very active in public affairs since 1980, she had founded or served on boards of a wide range of
non-governmental organisations in Hong Kong and overseas concerning a variety of issues
including environmental protection, urban pl anning and design, and equal opportunity. Ms Loh is
a lawyer by training.
Ms Christine Loh, Under Secretary for Environment of HKSAR Government,
opened the seminar by outlining the Government's efforts in combating climate
change and promoting sustainable development. Ms Loh first pointed out that
Hong Kong has acceded to the Paris Agreement and will follow its reporting
timeline, while the 4Ts (Timeline, Time, Transparency and Together) has been
developed by the Government as the operational framework. Also, a new Climate
Ready website has been developed to enhance the communication and raise
public awareness on the importance of combating climate change. She
introduced the actions within the Government including updating steering
Ms Christine Loh, Under
Secretary for Environment,
HKSAR Government, delivered
the Opening Speech.
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committee’s work and internal & external mainstreaming; and emphasized the
Government’s focus in operationalizing the Paris Agreement under the 4Ts
framework. With a brief review of the activities and events, she demonstrated
how Together has been successfully implemented, and indicated its fundamental
role in achieving targets in Timeline, Time, and Transparency.
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Delivering Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in the UK
Prof Phillip Jones
Chair in Architectural Science, Cardiff University, UK
Bio
Prof Phil Jones has led a number of research projects in the field of low energy, low
carbon, and sustainable design in the built environment, including, the EU FP5 funded
development of a web based decision making framework, Practical Evaluation Tools for
Urban Sustainability (PETUS); the building energy model (HTB2), and the Urban Scale
Energy and Environment Prediction (EEP) model. He chaired the ERDF funded Wales
Low Carbon Research Institute (value £34million). He has chaired two COST Actions,
COST C23 ‘Low Carbon Urban Built Environments’ network, which had 19 member
states participating (2005-20010), and COST TU1104 ‘Smart Energy Regions (SmartER)’
with 28 member states (2012 to 2016). He was appointed by the Welsh Government to
be the first chair of its Building Regulation Advisory Committee (since 2012). He Chairs
the Board of Directors of Warm Wales (since 2006), a community interest company,
which has installed over £50 million of energy efficiency measures to existing fuel poor
housing in Wales. He is a partner in the Swiss based environmental design company,
Jones Kopitsis AG.
Prof Phillip Jones, Chair of Architectural Science of Cardiff University, delivered
his keynote speech on the topic of “Delivering Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in
the UK”. Prof Jones first outlined the CO2 emission targets of 2030 and the
continued efforts needed to fulfil the targets. With reference to many design
Prof Phillip Jones, Chair in
Architectural Science, Cardiff
University, UK, delivered a
keynote speech.
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approaches for energy efficiency, Prof Jones pointed out a new way of energy
positive design to address zero carbon from supply side. He subsequently
introduced the main findings from the investigation of some energy generating
building envelopes in terms of energy positive design; and also explained a
systems approach combining reduced energy demand, renewable supply and
energy storage to produce a solution that performs with replicability and
affordability. He then shared with the audience the case of SOLCER, the energy
positive house with integrated technologies and architectural elements. He
concluded his speech by addressing the importance of public awareness about of
sustainable development as well as the possibility to fulfil zero carbon targets for
buildings.
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Achieving Low or Zero Carbon Buildings: The Case in Australia
Prof Deo Prasad
Chief Executive Officer, Low Carbon Living CRC, Australia
Bio
Scientia Prof Deo Prasad AO is an international authority on sustainable buildings and
cities and among the leading advocates for sustainability in Australia. Deo won the 2006
Royal Australian Institute of Architect’s National Education Award for contribution to
‘sustainability education, research and design’. In 2004 he won the NSW Government’s
individual GreenGlobe Award for ‘showing leadership and commitment to the supply of
renewable energy’. He has also won the Federal Government’s national award for
‘outstanding contribution to energy related research’ and was admitted as a Fellow of
the Australian Academy of Technology Sciences and Engineering in 2014. He is a regular
contributor to debate in this area in local and international media. Deo sits on numerous
boards and committees in this field in Australia and abroad. He has published in excess
of 280 refereed publications. He is now the CEO of the CRC for Low Carbon Living - a
national research and innovation hub for the built environment.
Prof Prasad presented on the research and deployment in mainstreaming low
carbon buildings and cities in Australia. He first introduced the potential growth
of energy demand and related GHG emissions for global construction in the next
35 years. He then emphasized the major challenges in promoting green buildings,
including how to fully deploy the present research, development and evidence
and what technologies, systems and integration of knowledge is needed to
Prof Deo Prasad, Chief Executive
Officer, Low Carbon Living CRC,
Australia, delivered a keynote
speech.
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address barriers. To illustrate the importance of evidence, he provided some
Australian showcase projects in major cities with introduction of applied
technology and achievements. Prof Prasad also underlined the integration of end
user responses for enabling the reduction of carbon emissions of the built
environment sector. He pointed out challenges for net-zero and Low-energy
homes/buildings from both technical and social perspectives when concluding
his speech.
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Subtropical High-density Zero Energy Buildings in Singapore
Dr Chun-ping Gao
Director of Green Building Innovation Cluster, Building and Construction Authority, Singapore
Bio
Dr Gao leads the green building team in the Built Environment Research and Innovation
Institute (BERII) at Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore. He and his
team works on R&D, testbedding and demonstration of energy-efficient building
technologies and practices. This include the S$ 52 million Green Building Innovation
Cluster (GBIC) programme, BCA SkyLab project, and the Zero Energy Building
demonstration and road mapping. Trained as an engineer and researcher, Dr Gao has
been actively involved in the development of several large scale projects and
code/standards developments, including the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city and BCA
Green Mark scheme. He is a member of ASHRAE and lectures at tertiary institutions in
Singapore.
Dr Gao gave a presentation on delivering high-density zero energy buildings
within the context of Singapore. He first outlined the current state of building
energy consumption and green mark scheme for buildings. He then highlighted
BCA’s aspiration for zero energy building, and introduced strategies to fulfill the
aspiration with showcase projects of Positive-Energy Low-Rise, Zero-Energy
Medium-Rise, and Super Low-Energy High-Rise Buildings. He demonstrated
achievements that the energy consumption level has been reduced by half due to
the adoption of passive and active strategies together with smart control. He
Dr Chun-ping Gao, Director of Green
Building Innovation Cluster, Building
and Construction Authority,
Singapore, delivered a keynote
speech.
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shared R&D programmes and technology roadmap from BCA regarding building
energy efficient solutions, and particularly emphasised the importance of the
collaboration between research institutions and industry organisations. Dr Gao
concluded his speech with the roadmap showing Singapore’s strategic
deployment to progressively achieve net zero energy buildings.
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Integration of End-user Needs in Net-Zero Energy Buildings
Prof Chimay Anumba
Dean of College of Design, Construction & Planning, University of Florida, US
Bio
Prof Chimay Anumba is Dean of the College of Design, Construction, and Planning at The
University of Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (the United
Kingdom’s National Academy of Engineering). His research interests are in the fields of
advanced engineering informatics, concurrent engineering, knowledge management,
distributed collaboration systems, and intelligent systems. He has over 450 scientific
publications in these fields and his work has received support worth over $150m from a
variety of sources. He has also supervised 45 doctoral candidates to completion and
mentored over 23 postdoctoral researchers. He is a Chartered/Professional Engineer
and a Fellow of the following professional institutions: the American Society of Civil
Engineers, The Institution of Civil Engineers, and The Institution of Structural Engineers.
Prof Anumba delivered a speech on the significance of and strategies for
integrating end-user needs in Net-Zero Energy Buildings. He first provided an
overview of sustainability context, global greenhouse gas emissions, energy
consumption of buildings, greenhouse gas emissions comparison of USA and
China and Paris COP21 targets. Then he defined Net-Zero Energy Buildings and
introduced the related approaches, like reducing load demand to the building,
controlling heat gain and heat loss, and using renewable energy. His speech in
particular addressed the need to incorporate values and preferences of building
Prof Chimay Anumba, Dean of
College of Design, Construction &
Planning, University of Florida, US,
delivered a keynote speech.
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end-users to achieve Net-Zero Energy Buildings. He introduced methods and
intelligent systems, which can be used to monitor, capture and predict
occupants' preference, and also presented cases to illustrate the related
applications. He also stressed the necessity of learning from the other industries,
e.g. automobile, maritime and aerospace industries in respect of understanding
end-users’ needs, and stressed the importance of leverage such learning for
further realizing end-user orientation for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. In the
conclusions he pointed out the difficulties and stressed the possibilities of
concretely achieving net-zero energy and enhanced end-user comfort.
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Net-Zero Energy Buildings and Automated Technology
Dr Thomas Linner
Chair of Building Realization and Robotics, Technical University Munich, Germany
Bio
Thomas Linner is a research associate in building realization and robotics at Technical
University Munich (TUM). Over last few years, he has contributed to major research
projects, with a focus on the deployment of advanced technology in the building sector.
He is a specialist in the area of automated production of building products as well as in
the enhancement of the performance of building products by advanced technology. He
completed his dissertation in the field of construction automation, focusing on
automated/robotic on-site factories. Increasingly, the generation of innovation
strategies, business models, value systems, and innovative manufacturing organization
methods complementary with advanced technology in construction is becoming the
central issue in his research. Dr Linner has been an invited speaker at universities such
as the University of Tokyo and Cambridge University. He has received several prizes and
grants, including a Japanese Center of Excellence Grant.
Dr Linner delivered a speech on the utilization of advanced automated and
robotic construction within the context of sustainable buildings. In his speech,
the status quo of sustainability in construction and manufacture industry was
compared first. Then case studies on prefabrication, single-task robotics and
Automated/Robotic On-Site Factories (A/ROFs) were shared with the audience
to illustrate how environmental management could be optimized by using
Dr Thomas Linner, Chair of Building
Realization and Robotics, Technical
University Munich, Germany,
delivered a keynote speech.
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advanced automation and robotics in construction. Two ongoing projects were
subsuently introduced, i.e., BERTIM (Building Energy Renovation through
Timber Prefabricated Modules) and ZeroPlus (Achieving near Zero and Positive
Energy Settlements in Europe using Advanced Energy Technology). These two
projects were initiated to reduce the cost for highly energy-efficient components
and buildings through large-scale prefabrication. Dr Linner interpreted the
current stage of automated and robotic construction from an S-curve perspective
and wind up the talk with the case of automotive industry, highlighting the
importance of better production processes to reduce the cost.
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Design and Operation of Zero Carbon Building in Hong Kong
Mr Justin Li
Assistant Director, Zero Carbon Building, Construction Industry Council, HKSAR
Bio
Mr Li is a Chemical Engineer by training and has been involved in the sustainability
profession for over 20 years. His employers included public utilities, blue-chip property
developer, international environmental consultancy, local NGO, MNCs (ibank, energy
companies). Justin has been engaged in the technical as well as the project management
aspects of environmental and CSR projects for both public and private sectors’ clients.
He is currently the Assistant Director - Environmental & Sustainability with the
Construction Industry Council and is responsible for the management of ZCB, the first
zero carbon building in Hong Kong as well as promoting sustainability awareness within
the construction industry.
Mr Li presented the topic on the design and operation of the ‘Zero Carbon
Building (ZCB)’, which is the first zero carbon building in Hong Kong. His speech
began with an overview of greenhouse gas emissions and building energy
consumption within the global and Hong Kong contexts, then the key innovation,
carbon reduction strategies, and energy saving strategies in ZCB were shared. Mr
Li explained how passive design measures and active systems were adopted to
improve energy efficiency. He also described data collection methods, the gap
between designed and actual energy performance and reasons for the
Mr Justin Li, Assistant Director, Zero
Carbon Building, Construction
Industry Council, HKSAR, delivered a
keynote speech.
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performance gap. He acknowledged the achievement in carbon footprint in 2015 ,
pointed out challenges to, and highlighted lesson learned from the design and
operation of ZCB. He concluded his speech by addressing the ongoing
improvements and opportunities in delivering more zero carbon buildings in
Hong Kong.
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Plenary Session
Prof Phillip Jones, Prof Deo Prasad, Dr Chun-ping Gao, Prof Chimay Anumba, Dr
Thomas Linner and Mr Justin Li joined the plenary session moderated by Ir Prof
Sam Chan. A number of questions and comments were raised by the audience.
Common themes of the plenary session included the potential threats to the
labour market with the application of automation and robotics, how technology
and innovation can best help to deliver zero carbon buildings, and the
importance of partnering and international sharing.
From left to right are Mr Justin Li, Dr Chun-ping Gao, Prof Chimay Anumba, Prof Phillip Jones,
Prof Deo Prasad, Dr Thomas Linner, and Prof Sam Chan
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Closing Remarks
Prof Thomas Ng delivered the closing remarks. He first summarized the
presentations delivered by the invited local and overseas speakers and thanked
all for sharing their knowledge and experience in applying technology and
innovation worldwide. Then he highlighted the importance of technologies in
overcoming significant challenge for delivering buildings towards zero carbon in
Hong Kong as a typical high-density hot-and-humid urban environment. He also
pointed out the need for industry players in different countries or cities to learn,
communicate, and collaborate with each other towards the delivery of low or
zero carbon buildings. Prof Ng finally thanked all attendees for their
participation, and invited all for continuous support for the research activities
and events of The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Partnership in the future.
Prof Thomas Ng, Executive Director, CICID, The University of Hong Kong, delivered the Closing
Remarks.
(Photos courtesy of Long Chen and Sanyuan Niu)