The PGBC refers to the invitation to participate in the public engagement exercise on the issue of “Building Design to Foster a Quality and Sustainable Built Environment” launched by the Council for Sustainable Development in June 2009. As one of the partner organizations in this public engagement exercise, the PGBC co-organized a forum on 11 July 2009 in which members of the HKIA, HKIE, HKILA, HKIP and HKIS expressed their initial views on this topic. In October 2009, the PGBC also organized two site visits to some of the awarded / short-listed buildings under the Green Building Award 2008 with a view to letting students experience what better and more sustainable designs mean in dense urban context.
The goal of the PGBC is to promote a better sustainable built environment through professional involvement. We certainly support building designs that would foster a quality and sustainable built environment for Hong Kong, including the proposed sustainable building design guidelines about building separation, building setback and green coverage. From our professional viewpoint, the resultant reduction in podium coverage and addition of green space are of utmost significance in our dense urban areas. To this end, we are keen to further offer our professional views at two levels – the overall framework and the feature details: ... (Full Content)