12 December 2014
S H Ho Academic Building and HSMC Jockey Club Student Residence Halls Achieving “BEAM Plus” Platinum Certification
The S H HoAcademic Building achieved the final platinum rating of BEAM Plus V1.1 certificationand the HSMC Jockey Club Student Residence Halls also attained the platinumrating in the provisional assessment of BEAM Plus V1.2 by the Green BuildingCouncil. HSMC isthe first among higher institutions in Hong Kong in achieving these honours andin being recognised for its commitment in applying environmental measures inacademic buildings, residence halls and facilities. These achievements brokethe tradition that only commercial and government organisations are able toclaim the award and become the role model for new university campus design.
The“BEAM Plus” Platinum Project Certification Ceremony was held on 12 December 2014. Mr Martin Tam Tin Fong, member of Board of Governors and Chairman of Steering Committee on Campus Expansion, accepted the certification on behalf of HSMC. Mr Tam shared HSMC’s environmental initiatives and concepts in constructing the academic building and residence halls, and exchanged views with representatives from other awarded companies.
“BEAM Plus” adopts an internationally recognised environmental assessment scheme with rigorous standard based on six different aspects, namely “Indoor Environmental Quality” (IEQ), “Site Aspects” (SA), “Energy Use” (EU), “Material Aspects” (MA), “Water Use” (WU) and “Innovations and Additions” (IA). HSMC has been highly evaluated in all aspects with IEQ and EU obtaining excellent evaluations and IA receiving full score. According to the “BEAM Plus” report, HSMC is commended for the remarkably high proportion of greenery and the high Solar Reflectance Index material used on the rooftop of the building which can effectively reduce temperature rise under the sun and the Urban Heat Island effect (UHI). With systematic environment management planning and monitoring, the impact of the building to the surrounding area is lowered to a minimum.
