Introduction

The Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited (HKGBC) is a non-profit, member led organisation established in 2009 with the vision to help save the planet and improve the wellbeing of the people of Hong Kong by transforming the city into a greener built environment. The Founding Members of HKGBC include the Construction Industry Council (CIC), the Business Environment Council (BEC), the BEAM Society Limited (BSL) and the Professional Green Building Council (PGBC). Its mission is to lead market transformation by advocating green policies to the Government; introducing green building practices to all stakeholders; setting design, construction and management standards for the building profession; and promoting green living to the people of Hong Kong.

 

The HKGBC strives to enhance public understanding and awareness towards green buildings and has established “My Green Space” Student Competition since 2011. The Competition is intended to educate the younger generation with green building knowledge, and nurture them into pioneers in promoting green building concepts. The Competition aims to:

 

  1. Promote green building concepts and its related standards among the school community

  2. Nurture critical and creative thinking by providing training to the school community and encouraging students to express their creative ideas on green building concepts

  3. Transfer knowledge on green building and its related standards to students and teachers

  4. Induce students’ behavioural changes towards green lifestyle, and spread the ideas to their families and peers

The Competition encourages students to apply creative ideas of green building concepts in their livings, developing an ideal green space.

 

 

 

Theme

 

My Ideal Green and Smart City

 
 
What problems are the world facing? 
 
With population expansion, economic growth and increasingly serious environmental problems, sustainability has become a focus for countries around the world. The UN Summit on Sustainable Development adopted “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” which included 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) that set a global blueprint for peace, prosperity, and sustainable development.    
 
 
Any solutions – Green and Smart City? 
 
Achieving sustainable goals will require concerted action and collaboration across all sectors of society. Transcending cities towards green and innovative development is one of the diverse strategies that can significantly contribute to advancing and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
 
 
Participating Entry
 
Participants are encouraged to unleash their creativity and imagination to showcase their ideal liveable, sustainable, carbon-neutral, ecology balanced and people-centric city through different perspectives such as design, planning, and adoption of green technology and innovation.  Entries should include at least one building regardless of building type.
 
 
 
 
 

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