Drive towards Sustainable Development and Management: Case Study on International Commerce Centre
Hong Kong is one of the most densely-populated, highly commercial, and fast-paced societies in the world. The topic of green construction and sustainable buildings has been a common theme in the industry for quite some time. Popular green building accreditation schemes such as BEAM Plus, LEED, or China GBL are the most often attain green building certification system in Hong Kong; the certification systems act as a driver to ensure healthier, more efficient and environmentally sustainable working and living environment. However, as the life cycle of a typical building in Hong Kong is to be maintained more than 50 years, the operation and maintenance of the building very often plays a more substantial role in maintaining a continuity of the environmentally sustainable life cycle of the building. This paper presents a case study for the International Commerce Centre (ICC), ICC is the tallest building in Hong Kong, one of the forerunner in terms of environmentally sustainable building; during the design and construction phases of ICC (2003 to 2010), the project has acquired BEAM 4/04 certification, the management office of ICC and some of the tenant offices have acquired LEED Commercial Interiors. In the operational stage, ICC has been operate the building in an environmentally sustainable manner and is current targeting to acquire BEAM Plus Existing Building certification. This study aims to identify the importance of early planning, integrated design, building management policies, operation and maintenance, and continual monitoring and improvement on the building systems in attributing to a sustainably built and operated building in Hong Kong.
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Grace KWOK Timothy SZE Andy LAI Frank CHEUNG Sonia TSANG
Allied Environmental Consultants Ltd.
国际会议
2017世界可持续建筑环境大会(the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference)
香港
英文
191-197
2017-06-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）