2022-04-29
[Press Release] Green Building Award 2021 eBooklet Officially Launched
HONG KONG, 29 April 2022 - Co-organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC), the first-ever virtual award presentation of Green Building Award 2021 was held on 28 April 2022 with the announcement of 39 Award Winners at the Ceremony. To recognise all these pioneering ideas and solutions for shaping a liveable built environment and driving green building movement, all the valuable and innovative projects by the Winners and Finalists are showcased via an eBooklet, fostering the exchange of ideas and strengthening the public understanding on green buildings.
Themed ‘Shaping Liveability • Excellence in Sustainable Built Environment’, Green Building Award 2021, in its 8th edition, received a record-breaking number of 100 nominations. 80 of them became the Finalists to compete for the Awards in New Buildings Category, Existing Buildings Category, Research & Planning Category, Building Products & Technologies Category, as well as Green Building Leadership Category.
The Green Building Award 2021 eBooklet has compiled the design concepts and the Jury’s citations of 4 Green Building Leadership Pioneer Awards, 10 Grand Awards and 23 Merit Awards, also the introduction of 43 Finalists. This year, 6 projects were accredited with a Special Citation as they were deemed to have achieved the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and positively contribute to the development of a sustainable built environment.
The eBooklet is now available on HKGBC’s website. Download and learn more about Green Building Award 2021: https://bit.ly/3LqqUfZ
The valuable information of all the participating projects and organisations of the Green Building Award 2021 has also been compiled in an eBooklet.
About the Green Building Award and Organisers
Green Building Award 2021 (GBA 2021)
The biennial Green Building Award is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) since 2010 and inaugurated by PGBC in 2006. The Award aims to recognise nominations which go beyond the conventional practice, stretch their boundaries in advancing sustainability, and are capable of inspiring the next generation on how our future built environment could be.
To learn more about Green Building Award 2021, please visit www.gba.org.hk.
About the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) is a non-profit, member-led organisation established in 2009 and has become a public body under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance since 2016. The HKGBC strives to promote the standard and development of sustainable buildings in Hong Kong. The HKGBC also aims to raise green building awareness by engaging the government, the industry and the public, and to develop practical solutions for Hong Kong’s unique, subtropical built environment of high-rise, high density urban area, leading Hong Kong to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and to become a world’s exemplar of green building development. The Founding Members of the HKGBC include the Construction Industry Council (CIC), the Business Environment Council (BEC), the BEAM Society Limited (BSL) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC).
To learn more about the HKGBC, please visit www.hkgbc.org.hk.
About the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC)
The Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) was formed in 2002 by the Founding Members including The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) and The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS). The Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) joined the PGBC in 2005. The PGBC is a non-profit-making institute with the mission and vision to promote a better sustainable built environment through joint professional participation and collaboration.
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Themed ‘Shaping Liveability • Excellence in Sustainable Built Environment’, Green Building Award 2021, in its 8th edition, received a record-breaking number of 100 nominations. 80 of them became the Finalists to compete for the Awards in New Buildings Category, Existing Buildings Category, Research & Planning Category, Building Products & Technologies Category, as well as Green Building Leadership Category.
The Green Building Award 2021 eBooklet has compiled the design concepts and the Jury’s citations of 4 Green Building Leadership Pioneer Awards, 10 Grand Awards and 23 Merit Awards, also the introduction of 43 Finalists. This year, 6 projects were accredited with a Special Citation as they were deemed to have achieved the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and positively contribute to the development of a sustainable built environment.
The eBooklet is now available on HKGBC’s website. Download and learn more about Green Building Award 2021: https://bit.ly/3LqqUfZ
The valuable information of all the participating projects and organisations of the Green Building Award 2021 has also been compiled in an eBooklet.
About the Green Building Award and Organisers
Green Building Award 2021 (GBA 2021)
The biennial Green Building Award is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) since 2010 and inaugurated by PGBC in 2006. The Award aims to recognise nominations which go beyond the conventional practice, stretch their boundaries in advancing sustainability, and are capable of inspiring the next generation on how our future built environment could be.
To learn more about Green Building Award 2021, please visit www.gba.org.hk.
About the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) is a non-profit, member-led organisation established in 2009 and has become a public body under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance since 2016. The HKGBC strives to promote the standard and development of sustainable buildings in Hong Kong. The HKGBC also aims to raise green building awareness by engaging the government, the industry and the public, and to develop practical solutions for Hong Kong’s unique, subtropical built environment of high-rise, high density urban area, leading Hong Kong to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and to become a world’s exemplar of green building development. The Founding Members of the HKGBC include the Construction Industry Council (CIC), the Business Environment Council (BEC), the BEAM Society Limited (BSL) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC).
To learn more about the HKGBC, please visit www.hkgbc.org.hk.
About the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC)
The Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) was formed in 2002 by the Founding Members including The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) and The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS). The Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) joined the PGBC in 2005. The PGBC is a non-profit-making institute with the mission and vision to promote a better sustainable built environment through joint professional participation and collaboration.
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| Hong Kong Green Building Council Marketing & PR Manager Lucy SO Phone: (852) 3994 8832 Email: lucy.so@hkgbc.org.hk |
Senior Marketing & PR Executive Venus DOON Phone: (852) 3994 8829 Email: venus.doon@hkgbc.org.hk |