06 Oct 2021

HKGBC Session – Rethinking Built Spaces at ReThink HK 2021

Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) is pleased to support ReThink HK 2021 as a Content Partner by hosting “Rethinking Built Spaces” on 6 October 2021. Industry leaders are invited to join two themed sessions, Revitalised and Sustainable Communities and Innovation and Energy Efficiency, to share insights on how buildings work together to create a sustainable community and how innovations and technologies can achieve energy efficiency and decarbonisation.

ReThink HK 2021, in its second edition, will take place from 5 – 6 Oct 2021. The event aims to provide insight and inspiration from a Hong Kong context for driving sustainable development across globally recognised risk and opportunity topics. 

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Event Detail
Event Name: HKGBC Session – Rethinking Built Spaces at ReThink HK 2021
Presented By:

Hong Kong Green Building Council
Date: 06 Oct 2021
Time: 10:30am – 1:15pm (Session A: 10:30am - 11:45am | Session B: 12:00noon - 1:15pm)
Venue:

Sustainable Communities Theatre, ReThink HK 2021
(Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre)
Contact Person: Ms Mildred WONG
Contact Phone: 39948830
Contact Email: mildred.wong@hkgbc.org.hk
Programme:

Session A -  Revitalised and Sustainable Communities 

Featuring three signature projects, this session showcases how sustainable buildings can reintegrate into and rejuvenate community with culture and art, balance revitalisation and conservation, enhance neighbourhood’s wellbeing by offering new life and purposes for historical buildings.

 
Time Programme

10:30am - 10:35am

Introduction by Moderator:

Mr LEUNG Man-kit
Director, Hong Kong Green Building Council
Director / Director of Sustainable Design, Ronald Lu & Partners
10:35am - 10:50am

Victoria Dockside – Landmark Regeneration:
An Integrated Art and Leisure Neighbourhood

Speaker:
Ms Ellie TANG 
Head of Sustainability
New World Development Company Limited
10:50am - 11:05am 

The Mills – Transforming Industrial Space into a Green, Cultural and Experiential Landmark

Speaker:
Mr Ray ZEE
Chief Designer / General Manager – Design Department
Nan Fung Development Ltd

11:05am - 11:20am

 618 Shanghai Street – Heritage Restoration and Sustainability

Speaker:
Mr Eric POON
Executive Director, Commercial
Urban Renewal Authority
 
11:20am - 11:45am Panel Discussion

Session B -  Innovation and Energy Efficiency

This session focuses on how innovations and technologies facilitate energy efficiency and decarbonisation. The three innovative cases promote the use of clean energy, and take smart and green buildings to the next level in a way beyond imagination.

 
Time Programme

12:00noon - 12:05pm 

Introduction by Moderator:

Ms Ivy KONG
Chief Executive Officer, Asia
WSP (Asia) Limited
12:05pm - 12:20pm 

Driving towards 1.5oC through Digital Transformation of Technical and Sustainable Operations

Speaker:
Dr Raymond YAU
General Manager, Technical Services & Sustainable Development
Swire Properties Limited
12:20pm - 12:35pm 

Cutting-edge Clean Power for Construction by Developer

Speaker:
Ir Priscilla WONG 
General Manager - Building Services
Chinachem Group
12:35pm - 12:50pm Beautiful & Sustainable: New MTR Stations

Speaker:
Mr Andrew MEAD
Head of Architecture
MTR Corporation Limited
12:50pm - 1:15pm Panel Discussion