WSP’s Digital Solutions Win First-ever BIM Automation Arena Challenge
Trane Hong Kong Helps Hongkong Land Embrace Sustainability with New Climate Solution
Green Building Award 2023 – Nomination is Open!
Green Building Academic Programme Information Now Available on the HKGBC Website
BEAM Plus Sticker
WSP's Digital Solutions Win First-ever BIM Automation Arena Challenge
WSP has recently clinched three awards at BIM Automation Arena 2023 conferred by the Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM) and Cyberport, in recognition of its two in-house developed systems, ETE Structural Analysis & Design Programme and Light+.
As the first competition and showcase on BIM and programming in Hong Kong, the competition recognises digital solutions that can further improve construction project management quality and effectiveness in design and documentation, visualisation and collaboration, and interoperability and data exchange.
Standing out amongst 25 finalists from the AEC and IT industry, WSP's winning digital solution ETE was recognised with the Silver Award in Software Application (Standalone / SaaS) category and The Most Popular Award, demonstrating WSP's best practices of harnessing the potential of BIM technology to realise structural design automation to enhance productivity and design quality.
ETE Structural Analysis & Design Programme
A comprehensive system integrating all essential digital application systems, ETE can be used for rapid modelling, analysis, element design, design report generation, member information output, CAD drawings production for RC members, structural layout drawing production, and RC detailing drawing production.
It significantly increases the productivity of structural engineers, saves time in communication between engineers and technicians, enables information exchange between systems for design coordination, and can implement seamless data flow through the project to ensure accuracy and reduce error.
In each project, ETE allows rapid and iterative programme update to adapt to the demand of a constantly changing environment. The handy tool also enables instant feedback from the structural performance which helps engineers to have a better understanding of design optimisation, improving the overall efficiency of engineers, drafting technicians, and BIM technicians.
Light+
Light+, WSP's robust lighting design system with BIM integration, was also recognised with Honourable Mention. The system leverages the company's self-developed Revit Plugin to enable automatic extraction of geometry and design data from BIM models, automatic generation of results with desired lighting arrangement options, and rapid production of lighting models, wiring circuitry and layout plan in a few seconds, streamlining the workflow of lighting design.
Trane Hong Kong Helps Hongkong Land Embrace Sustainability with New Climate Solution
Trane Hong Kong recently unveiled its successful project for LANDMARK, located in the core business district of Central and owned by Hongkong Land. The team provided a retrofitting solution to the central cooling system for LANDMARK covering Gloucester Tower, Edinburgh Tower, York House, The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Landmark shopping mall, assisting Hongkong Land to achieve its sustainable development goals.
Excellent Solution to Tackling Sustainability Challenge
With Sustainability at the heart of its business, Hongkong Land needed a greener solution to reduce its energy footprint in LANDMARK. Trane provided four 1,200-ton SimplexTM and two 2,200-ton Trane® DuplexTM CenTraVac® water-cooled centrifugal chillers with hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant R514A for two chiller plants in Gloucester Tower and Edinburgh Tower respectively. This not only helped Hongkong Land reduce the operation and breakdown maintenance costs, but also optimised the chiller plant efficiency.
Frankie CHAN, Managing Director of Trane Hong Kong said, “The LANDMARK project not only fulfils our commitment to premier performance, superior customer service, and world-leading expertise in climate solutions, but also sets an excellent example for more chiller owners in the real estate industry, especially those with sustainability ambitions.”
The 2,200-ton Trane® DuplexTM CenTraVac® centrifugal chiller @HFO R514A
Green Building Award 2023 – Nomination is Open!
Online Submission is now available until 15 June 2023 at 6:00pm (Hong Kong Time)!
Taking the theme of “Embracing Wellbeing • Excellence in Sustainable Built Environment”, the Green Building Award 2023 (GBA 2023) is now calling for Nominations. Online submission is available this year to extend our sustainability efforts and reduce paper waste.
The Award welcomes all nominations that stretch the boundaries of sustainability and accelerate Hong Kong's development into a city that provides wellbeing for all. Winners stand a chance to further compete for the WorldGBC Asia Pacific Leadership in Green Building Awards to receive regional and global acclaims.
GBA 2023 covers five categories: New Buildings (NB), Existing Buildings (EB), Research & Planning (RP), Building Products & Technologies (BPT), and Green Building Leadership (GBL). Industry practitioners are invited to nominate outstanding projects and organisations across any of these categories.
Online submissions is now available until 15 June 2023 at 6:00pm (Hong Kong Time). Don't miss your chance. Submit your nominations now!
- Submit your Nominations >>> www.gba.org.hk/login
- Download “Nomination Kit” >>> www.gba.org.hk/nomination-kit
About the Award
The biennial Green Building Award has been jointly organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) since 2010, and was inaugurated by the PGBC in 2006. With the building industry's unfailing support over the years, the Award has become one of the highest accolades that recognises contributions towards a green built environment.
Sponsors are also welcome to support the Green Building Award this year as a collective force to cultivate wellbeing for our community and at the same time enjoy high level of exposure throughout the Award period. For more details, please check out the Sponsorship Package.
Green Building Academic Programme Information Now Available on the HKGBC Website
To support the development of green building academic programmes and the training of local experts, the Hong Kong Green Building Council has consolidated a list of relevant programmes on its website, providing students and professionals who want to pursue a career in green building with a handy overview of the courses available in Hong Kong.
For convenience, the list of courses is arranged from Bachelor to Master level. Available courses cover a large variety of topics ranging from sustainable design to carbon neutrality. The Council also welcomes members of the public to equip themselves with green skills and knowledge by enrolling in these academic programmes. Some are already open for enrolment, so don't miss the deadline! You can find the full list at: Green Building Academic Programmes.
The Council warmly encourages all tertiary institutions to offer additional new courses related to green building. Please contact the HKGBC Secretariat to include any new courses in our list.
BEAM Plus Sticker
BEAM Plus stickers are a new promotional tool offered by the Hong Kong Green Building Council to BEAM Plus certificate holders. Designed to be prominently displayed on BEAM Plus-certified buildings, the stickers provide project owners with a flexible and easy-to-use way of promoting their BEAM Plus assessment results to the public.
For every project attaining BEAM Plus certification in 2022 or later, the Council will provide four free stickers, each measuring 200 mm (W) x 102 mm (H). Featuring a frosted front and waterproof surface, the stickers include key project details such as the BEAM Plus assessment tool adopted, the year of certification, and the rating achieved. They can be displayed on the exterior or interior of the certified building – such as on the outer face of glass doors, at concierge desks, inside elevators, in lift lobbies, and so forth – offering project owners new opportunities to showcase their efforts in green building and sustainability.
For more details about BEAM Plus stickers, please contact the Hong Kong Green Building Council Secretariat at beamplus@hkgbc.org.hk.
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