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HONG KONG, 7 June 2022 – With the enthusiastic support and participation from the industry, the first-ever “Advancing Net Zero” (ANZ) Ideas Competition in Hong Kong has concluded with great success last year. The net zero solutions proposed by the Winners are definitely thought-provoking and worth sharing wide and far. These valuable and pioneering solutions has been showcased in its 3rd stop of the roving public exhibition at Pacific Place during this week. 

Organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) with the support of Principal Partner Swire Properties, the ANZ Ideas Competition received overwhelming response with three Winners and five Merits awarded in November 2021. The competition invited international industry stakeholders, designers, academia, and technology experts to contribute innovative design ideas and practical solutions in two categories: (i) Future Buildings and (ii) Existing Buildings. Participants could propose their ideas based on the real data of two office towers by Swire Properties– site of One Taikoo Place and Oxford House in Taikoo Place, so that the solutions generated could be realistic and the implementation feasibility could be enhanced. The overall aim was to move Hong Kong’s building sector towards a sustainable future and actively meet the Hong Kong Government’s target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 by fostering innovative solutions for the city.

To help encourage a transformation in the market, all the valuable and pioneering solutions from the Winners and Merits have been showcased via public exhibitions and hosted on HKGBC’s website, and an e-book will be published later. The third exhibition takes place at Pacific Place during 4 - 12 June 2022. 

Details of the Exhibition
•    Date: 4 – 12 June 2022
•    Opening Hours: 10am – 9pm
•    Address: Level L1, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
 

Photo: The third exhibition of the Hong Kong first-ever “Advancing Net Zero” (ANZ) Ideas Competition, organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) with the support of Principal Partner Swire Properties, has been launching at Pacific Place during 4 - 12 June 2022.

About the HKGBC “Advancing Net Zero” Ideas Competition
The Competition was held from March to October 2021, and were available in two categories – (i) Future Building and (ii) Existing Building. Under the key theme of Advancing Net Zero, the competition stimulated ideas, concepts, and solutions that could push boundaries in designing net-zero buildings under three sub-themes: (i) Zero Carbon and Ultra-Energy Efficient, (ii) Embodied Carbon, and (iii) Healthy and Sustainable.

The Jury Panel was composed of well-known experts from different industries including Ms Tanya COX, Chair of the World Green Building Council; Professor JIANG Yi, Director of the Building Energy Research Centre of Tsinghua University; Mr William MCDONOUGH, the founding partner of architects William McDonough + Partners and a globally recognised leader in sustainable development and design; and Ms Meaghan LLOYD, Partner at Gehry Partners, the acclaimed firm founded by Pritzker Prize Laureate Frank Gehry.

With overwhelming responses from the industry, 22 entries from 58 organisations and companies around the world were received. Three Winners and five Merits were awarded with a total of HK$1.4 million in prize money for their excellent and forward-looking solutions in Future Building and Existing Building category, including Ronald Lu & Partners (Hong Kong) Ltd., Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited (Winners - Future Building), Eckersley O'Callaghan Asia Limited, Modus Architecture Ltd, Leigh & Orange Ltd (Merits - Future Building), Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited (Winner - Existing Building), LWK + PARTNERS and Woods Bagot (Merits - Existing Building).

To explore more fantastic ideas of the winnning projects, please check out here: http://anzideassubmission3.hkgbc.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 Swire Properties
Swire Properties develops and manages commercial, retail, hotel and residential properties, with a particular focus on mixed-use developments in prime locations. Swire Properties is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and its investment portfolio in Hong Kong comprises Taikoo Place, Cityplaza and Pacific Place. In addition to Hong Kong, the Company has investments in the Chinese Mainland, the United States, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. 

Swire Properties launched its Sustainable Development (SD) 2030 vision and strategy in 2016 to integrate SD into every aspect of its operations and inspire business decisions.

To learn more about Swire Properties and its SD efforts, visit www.swireproperties.com. 

For media enquiries, please contact:

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