Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Passenger Clearance Building, certified with BEAM Plus Final Platinum in 2020


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The HKGBC has been working relentlessly to establish and promote the adoption of Green building standards. One of the most important standards is BEAM Plus, HKGBC’s initiative to offer independent assessment of building sustainability performance.


• Provides a benchmark for the government to facilitate its setting of Green building policies and incentives;


• Acts as an important tool to help Hong Kong achieve its carbon neutrality target.


For example, in the private sector, undergoing BEAM Plus assessment is one of the prerequisites for applying for gross floor area (GFA) concessions for the provision of Green and amenity features in new buildings. First-hand residential properties obtaining such GFA concessions have to disclose their BEAM Plus ratings in their sales brochures.


Another example is public works projects. According to the government’s technical


circular, new government buildings with construction floor area greater than 10,000 square-metres have to achieve a BEAM Plus rating of at least Gold level. HKGBC’s Green building standards provide an important benchmark whereby the government can set its Green building policy.


With several numbers of localised Green building certification systems, which are independent tools that could showcase and compare the environmental performance of buildings, please let us know the origin of BEAM Plus assessment tool and why HKGBC create this rating system in the first place. BEAM stands for ‘Building Environmental Assessment Method’. From its inception,


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