A ceremony was held at the Qianhai Chow Tai Fook Financial Centre to launch the Environmental Assessment Standard for Green Buildings in the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, known as the "Qianhai Green Building Standards." This standard serves as a benchmark for the Greater Bay Area and is the first of its kind aimed at integrating green building assessment practices between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It introduces an innovative “One Assessment, Dual Certification” mechanism, allowing a project to simultaneously obtain certification from both Mainland China and Hong Kong through a single assessment. The launch of the Qianhai Green Building Standards marks a significant advancement in the standardization of design and construction between the two regions. Officials from various government departments attended the event, including the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Guangdong Province, the Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Shenzhen Housing and Construction Bureau. They were joined by over a hundred guests from industry associations, businesses, and academic experts from both Guangdong and Hong Kong, all witnessing this milestone moment.

The highly anticipated Hong Kong Green Building Week 2025 (HKGBW 2025), co-organised by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC), is set to take place from 19 to 28 September 2025. Now in its thirteenth edition, the campaign continues to engage the public in the green building movement with an exciting lineup of activities and a host of celebrity ambassadors supporting the theme: “Green Building Get Set GOAL · Race to Carbon Neutrality”!

The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and BEAM Society Limited (BSL) are pleased to announce that the Djibouti Special Promotion Complex Project (SPC), owned and managed by China Merchants Shekou Holdings (CMSK), has attained the first-ever “BEAM Plus Existing Buildings (Global Version)” certification. A sharing session was held at the HKGBC office to celebrate SPC's achievement and to explore the potential for expanding the use of BEAM Plus Existing Buildings (Global Version) certification to other CMSK projects in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. The session was attended by distinguished guests including Mr Nicholas HO Lik-chi, Commissioner for Belt & Road of the Belt and Road Office of the Government of the HKSAR, Ms Kathy CHIU Kam-hing, JP, Honorary Consul of Djibouti in Hong Kong, Mr Frankie FUNG Yiu-man, Principal Assistant Secretary (Project Capability and Strategy) of the Development Bureau of the Government of the HKSAR, Mr YU Zhiliang, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of China Merchants Shekou Holdings, Mr Leo LI, General Manager of the Overseas Development Business Division of China Merchants Shekou Holdings, Dr CHEUNG Tin-cheung, SBS, Chairman of the HKGBC, Sr Frankie SO Hung-fai, Chairperson of BSL, Ir Harry LAI Hon-chung, BBS, Executive Director of the HKGBC, and Ir CS HO, Chief Executive Officer of BSL. Their presence marked the recognition of Hong Kong’s role as a “super-connector” in the green building industry, exemplified through the adoption of the BEAM Plus (Global Version) certification in Belt and Road projects.

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) successfully launched the CIC Green Product Certification Scheme 2.0 yesterday (26 May) at the CIC-Zero Carbon Park. The launching ceremony was officiated by Mr David LAM, Under Secretary for Development of The Government of the HKSAR, as the Guest of Honour, alongside Ir Prof. Thomas HO, Chairman of the CIC, and Dr CHEUNG Tin-cheung, Chairman of the HKGBC. Over 600 participants, including government officials, industry leaders, developers, contractors, manufacturers, and sustainability advocates, joined in person and online to mark a new milestone in Hong Kong’s green building journey.

The latest edition of “Hong Kong: Green Building in Action” has been released by the Hong Kong Green Building Council to summarise the updates on Hong Kong's green building development status in 2024. To help the public stay informed about emerging trends in the city's sustainable building progress, the report highlights Hong Kong's current green building development, key achievements of BEAM Plus, the Council’s strategic roadmap for steering the industry towards carbon neutrality, the expansion of the green product market, as well as the development of green building professionals.

In recent years, China has actively promoted technologies that integrate various energy sources and storage solutions to enhance energy efficiency and achieve carbon neutrality. The 22nd edition of Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology (GEBT) will be held from 9 to 12 June 2025 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou, focusing on green and low-carbon advancements in intelligent buildings. This event will run concurrently with the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) and will showcase products and technologies related to smart power distribution, smart lighting, home automation, smart hotel systems, and low-carbon intelligent buildings.

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Traditional Building Magazine published an article on the Ennead-led renewal of the copper dome at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

The inaugural “GO Green Futureproofing Green Building @ Qianhai” Forum concluded successfully on 22 November at the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub. Co-organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC), BEAM Society Limited (BSL) and Shenzhen Green Building Association (SGBA), the Forum focused on green building standards in the Greater Bay Area, technological applications, ESG and green finance, green construction materials, as well as case studies of innovative green building. During the Forum, the HKGBC presented the first batch of “BEAM Plus Existing Buildings” certificates to the 3 hotels under China Resources Longdation Company Limited (CR Longdation) in Shenzhen Bay, Xiaojing Bay and Xiong’an, demonstrating that the influence of BEAM Plus has been expanded to regions outside Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) welcomes the Chief Executive’s 2024 Policy Address released today. With the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, the HKGBC is committed to working together with the Government and all stakeholders on the following initiatives to strive for a greener and more sustainable built environment.

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The 26th China (Guangzhou) International Building Decoration Fair, a key event in the global home construction and decoration sector, concluded successfully on July 11, 2024. Spanning an impressive 400,000 square meters, the fair featured over 2,000 exhibitors and attracted more than 208,739 professional visitors from 116 countries.

CLOU ARCHITEKTEN AG have renovated a farm on Lake Lützelsee and expanded it to include an outbuilding.

Belt and Road Summit is jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), and the ninth edition of the Summit will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 11 - 12 September 2024.

The Hong Kong Green Building Council has released the latest edition of “Hong Kong: Green Building in Action” to summarise the updates on Hong Kong's green building development status in 2023. The new edition is now available in a reader-friendly web format, featuring the most recent data and presented through concise and visually appealing infographics, making it easily accessible and enjoyable to read.

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Garden Crescent is a new green residential building by award-winning Hong Kong-based architecture practice Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia), known for their life-centric, future-ready designs.

The Quality Building Award 2024 (QBA 2024) is now officially open for nomination. The QBA, which was inaugurated in 2002 by nine of Hong Kong’s leading professional institutions and organizations, is a prestigious biennial award that recognizes the excellent teamwork capabilities and highest standards of professionalism in designing and constructing quality buildings in Hong Kong, Mainland and Overseas. It has been recognized as the most prestigious Award for the building and construction sectors. QBA 2024 will mark the award’s twelfth edition, with the theme being "Empowering Innovation | Sustaining Green | Generating Wellness” and newly introduced Building in GBA award category.

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