Hong Kong Climate Change Action Plan
Buildings Sector Perspective plus a bit more
By Dr Trevor Ng
Arup – Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Climate Change Strategy and Action Agenda
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Announced on 10th September 2010
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Voluntary carbon intensity reduction target of
50 - 60% by 2020 as compared to 2005
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Clear and Aggressive Target
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From 42 Million tonnes/yr in 2005 to 28 to 34
million tonnes/yr in 2020
Outlined accompanying action
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Per capita emissions from 6.2 tonnes/yr in
2005 to 3.6 – 4.5 tonnes in 2020
GHG ermissions [Mtonnes CO2e/yr]
60
50
Annual emissions
reduced by 18 Million
Tonnes CO2e
40
30
20
EPD Data
Projected Data
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APEC
China
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1990
2
2 Deg
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Low Carbon Plan
How to get there?
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Let’s play with some plans on the “Carbon Calculator”
2 deg Limit (26M)
45% Int (11M)
Buildings
Power Generation
Transport
Waste
Users can tailor the “effort” of their
policies by adjusting a series of
levers and sliders.
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The resulting roadmap is presented
graphically to allow easy comparison
against targets.
Three Plans for Hong Kong
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We are not promoting any of these plans!
Plan C:
Renewables
Plan A:
Nuclear
Plan B:
Efficiency
50% of Electricity
Generated from
Nuclear
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50% of Buildings to
be 40% more
efficient
Cover 600 sqkm of
Hong Kong Land area
with PV panels
Top Priorities in the Buildings Sector
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How to retrofit 10,000 buildings in 10 years?
Barriers
Solutions
Exemplars
Projects
Knowledge Database
Singapore, UK
EASe database, Energy
Performance Certificates
Community Plans
Canada, Australia
Toronto Mayor’s Renewal
Plan, 1200 Buildings
Financing schemes
USA
New York Building
Retrofit
Incentives
Singapore
GREET, EASe
Short planning
horizons
Energy Service
Contracts
Singapore
ESCO Accreditation
scheme
Split incentives
Green lease
Australia
Green Lease Australia
Complex and Multiparty Projects
One-stop shops
UK
London RE:NEW home
program
Lack of information
Access to capital
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Buildings Statistics
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As of December 2008, there were about 41,000 buildings in Hong kong, including
about 21,000 residential buildings, 1,900 Industrial Buildings, 2,300 Commercial
Buildings, and 11,000 composite buildings.
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Taken from Business Impact Assessment on Mandatory Implementation of the
Building Energy Codes based on information provided by the Buildings Department
in December 2008.
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So lets say the BEC