PGBC Zero Carbon Charter 2007
Higher Energy Efficiency (E²), Better Air Quality (AQ)

The Launch of the PGBC Zero Carbon Charter 2007 + Symposium

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Date :	6 October 2007 (Saturday)
Venue :	Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters, 134A Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Time :	9:30 am to 12:30 pm

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Programme
09:30 am	Registration
09:40 am	Opening Ceremony Mr Edward Yau JP Secretary for the Environment Mr Reuben Chu Chairman, PGBC Charter Signing Ceremony	Please click here to download Mr Reuben Chu's Presentation
10:00 am	Dr Philip Kwok President, WWF Hong Kong	General Overview of Carbon Emissions, Ecological Footprints: The Global & HK Situations
10:15 am	Mr W M Leung Acting Assistant Director, Hong Kong Observatory	Visibility Study in Hong Kong
10:30 am	Mr Stanley Yip, HKIP Director, Planning and Development Arup China	Planning for Zero Carbon Community – Paradigm Shift
10:45 am	Q & A Session
11:00 am	Break / Forest Walk
11:20 am	Mr Joel Chan, HKIA Director P&T Architects and Engineers Ltd.	The First Zero Carbon Project in Hong Kong
11:35 am	Ir S K Ho & Ir David Li, HKIE Energy Efficiency Office, Electrical & Mechanical Services Department	Energy Saving in Design of Buildings
11:50 am	Ir Otto Poon, HKIE Chairman, Council for Sustainable Development Strategy Sub-committee	The Development Sector and Carbon Emissions
12:05 am	Q & A Session
12:20 pm	Prof. Hon Patrick Lau Legislative Councillor	Closing Remarks

About the Speakers
	Dr Philip Kwok President, WWF Hong Kong Abstract Although the impacts of climate change have become increasingly serious, mankind’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to spiral. International Energy Agency ‘business-as-usual’ projections indicate an increase in CO2 – the major greenhouse gas – of nearly 55% by 2030, yet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) scientists are recommending cuts of 60-80% required to keep the world safe from dangerous climate change. The IPCC also notes a best estimate of temperature rise of 4 degrees by 2100 if emissions growth remains unchecked. 4 degrees implies almost complete loss of the world’s coral reefs to bleaching, major risk of losing the Amazon rainforest and severe risks to over a third of the world’s species. The Stern Report estimated the costs of runaway climate change at 5-20% of global GDP by 2100. WWF believes that whilst some temperature increase is inevitable, global temperature rise can be kept below 2 degrees, safeguarding many of the world’s ecosystems and people. This target is shared by many other organizations, including the EU. WWF has produced a global energy future’s analysis demonstrating that the technologies exist to achieve this target. The main solutions involve massive increases in energy efficiency, strong investment in renewable energy, aggressive deployment of low emissions coal technologies and a global push to reduce deforestation rates. Under any scenario the HK government must act. Currently the HK government is 4-5 years behind Beijing in responding to the threat and opportunity of climate change. Beijing has recently introduced both a National Assessment on climate change, which evaluates the risks and potential cost of global warming to China, and a National Plan, which maps out the government’s response, including its priorities for cutting emissions. The HK government has published no official risk assessment and has no plan. Many cities have drive their plans by setting clear emissions targets. London and Toronto have set 20% reduction targets by 2010. Berlin is going to 25%, Capetown to 10% and New York (State) to 5%. In order to catch up, manage climate risk and position itself to take advantage of new economic opportunities, Hong Kong should set such a target to drive an across-the-board response from HK society. CV Presentation
	Mr W M Leung Assistant Director, Hong Kong Observatory Abstract Visibility is a measure of visual air quality. In Hong Kong, it has been shown that visibility is closely related to the concentration of suspended particulates in the air. The source of the air mass has a profound effect to visibility. Maritime air mass is often associated with good visibility, while the contrary is true for continental air mass. A stable atmosphere, coupled with light wind conditions, are the ingredients for the worst cases of reduced visibility in Hong Kong. CV Presentation
	Mr Stanley Yip HKIP Director, Planning and Development Ove Arup and Partners Abstract In view of the serious problems of global climate change, there have been over the recent years a growing number of initiatives around the world to plan and build “zero carbon communities”. Planning for managing our problem of climate change has been put up as priorities on the policy agenda of many countries and regions. Planners need to re-think their conventional approach in making planning decisions and adopt a new paradigm. We need to integrate resource management principles into the urban planning and design processes. The discussion will make reference to the use of some new approaches and refer to some recent case studies in China to illustrate them. CV Presentation
	Mr Joel Chan HKIA Architect P&T Architects & Engineers Ltd. Abstract Architect can play an active role in protecting our environment. The speaker will illustrate how concepts like carbon cycle and hydrological cycle can be incorporated into architectural design. CV Presentation
Ir S K Ho Ir David Li HKIE	Ir S K Ho & Ir David Li HKIE Chief Engineer & Engineer, Energy Efficiency Office Electrical & Mechanical Services Department Abstract Electrical & Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) has developed a set of comprehensive Building Energy Codes (BEC), namely the Codes of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Lighting, Air Conditioning, Electrical and Lift & Escalator Installations and the Performance-based Building Energy Code. The BEC provide the minimum energy efficiency standards for designers to follow. To keep in pace with technological advancement and embrace needs of the building industry, EMSD has updated the BEC to the 2007 edition and extended the Hong Kong Energy Efficiency Registration Scheme for Buildings to energy-audited buildings with good energy performance. The talk will introduce the 2007 edition of the BEC and Registration Scheme, of which designers could reference in order to arrive at an energy efficient building design. CV Presentation
	Ir Otto Poon Chairman, Council for Sustainable Development Council Strategy Sub-committee Abstract Fossil fuel is one of the main drivers for economic growth and consumption of fossil fuels, be it coal, oil or gas, will generate carbon dioxide which is one of the most dominant gas causing global warming and climate change. With industrialization, urbanization and migration to service economy, population in the metropolis is growing rapidly and huge amount of energy is needed to build, operate and demolish buildings and infrastructures. This paper makes use of Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA) to track the carbon emission due to consumption of energy at different stages of the life of structures, and proposes measures to reduce their carbon footprint. CV Presentation & Paper

The event is supported by the Council for Sustainable Development while the venue is sponsored by the Hong Kong Observatory. Participation is FREE. This activity is one of the stakeholder engagement activities of the Council for Sustainable Development on Promoting Better Air Quality. You are also invited to view their website and reply to their survey form http://www.susdev.org.hk/en/questionnaire/index.asp