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Policy targets and timeline

Hong Kong Government has proposed to set a carbon intensity reduction target of 50% – 60% by 2020 as compared with 2005 level. The Chief Executive pledged in his 2007/08 Policy address to reduce the energy intensity of Hong Kong by at least 25% between 2005 and 2030.  (source: http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/mobile/english/climate_change/ca_intro.html)

Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) would like to present its support to the Government’s response on the SDC paper and its latest policies regarding green building development. Therefore, HKGBC would like to propose the HK3030 Campaign – a roadmap of achievable targets focusing on the demand side of electricity consumption, in which the absolute electricity consumption of buildings in Hong Kong can be reduced by 30% by 2030, from 2005 level.

(source : https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/hk3030/eng/Introduction.aspx)

Worldwide case studies

Worldwide

  • Net Zero Energy Buildings – worldwide

       Learn more at: http://batchgeo.com/map/net-zero-energy-buildings

  • The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol

       The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, developed by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council on       

       Sustainable Development (WBCSD), sets the global standard for how to measure, manage, and report greenhouse gas

       emissions.

       Learn more at: http://www.ghgprotocol.org/

  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

       The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change.

       It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

       in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential

       environmental and socio-economic impacts. In the same year, the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and

       UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC.

       Learn more at: http://www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.shtml

UK

  • The Zero Carbon Hub

       The Zero Carbon Hub was established in 2008, as a non-profit organisation, to take day-to-day operational responsibility for

       achieving the government’s target of delivering zero carbon homes in England from 2016. Since then the Hub has worked with

       both government and industry with the focus on raising build standards and reducing the risk associated with implementing the

       Zero Carbon Homes policy.

       Learn more at http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/

  • The UK Green Building Council

       The UK Green Building Council is campaigning for a sustainable built environment. As a charity and membership organisation, 

       They facilitate dialogue between industry and Government to promote greener approaches in the construction sector.

       Learn more at: http://www.ukgbc.org/

Australian

  • Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council

       ASBEC provides a forum for diverse groups involved in the built environment to gather, find common ground and intelligently

       discuss contentious issues as well as advocate their own sustainability products, policies and initiatives.

       Learn more at: www.asbec.asn.au

Useful links

These are useful websites and organisations to you with zero carbon related resources and programms.

The Zero Carbon Hub

The Zero Carbon Hub was established in 2008, as a non-profit organisation, to take day-to-day operational responsibility for achieving the government’s target of delivering zero carbon homes in England from 2016. Since then the Hub has worked with both government and industry with the focus on raising build standards and reducing the risk associated with implementing the Zero Carbon Homes policy.

Learn more at http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/

 

HK3030

Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) would like to present its support to the Government’s response on the SDC paper and its latest policies regarding green building development. Therefore, HKGBC would like to propose the HK3030 Campaign – a roadmap of achievable targets focusing on the demand side of electricity consumption, in which the absolute electricity consumption of buildings in Hong Kong can be reduced by 30% by 2030, from 2005 level.

Learn more about HK3030 Campaign at: https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/hk3030/eng/Introduction.aspx

 

Zero Carbon Building

Learn more at: http://zcb.hkcic.org/Eng/index.aspx

 

Net Zero Energy Buildings – worldwide

Learn more about ZCB projects at: http://batchgeo.com/map/net-zero-energy-buildings

 

The UK Green Building Council

The UK Green Building Council is campaigning for a sustainable built environment. As a charity and membership organisation, They facilitate dialogue between industry and Government to promote greener approaches in the construction sector.

Learn more at: http://www.ukgbc.org/

 

Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council

ASBEC provides a forum for diverse groups involved in the built environment to gather, find common ground and intelligently discuss contentious issues as well as advocate their own sustainability products, policies and initiatives.

Learn more at: www.asbec.asn.au

 

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, developed by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), sets the global standard for how to measure, manage, and report greenhouse gas emissions.

Learn more at: http://www.ghgprotocol.org/

 

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. In the same year, the UN General Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC.

Learn more at: http://www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.shtml

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