Office
UNIT
DESIGN STAGE
3.1.10 Green Building Materials
Benefits for Office Building
• Offset cost of construction by
salvaging existing materials
• Reduce the demand for virgin
materials and in turn lower the cost
of extraction and transportation of
materials
• Enhance the corporate image of
environmental sustainability
• Induce great environmental and
economic savings by reusing
buildings. It may take 10 to 80 years
Benefits for Office Unit
• Save the cost of buying brand new
furniture
• Add value to the item so that
it continues to be useful and
productive
• Savings on old materials disposal
• Provide items to low-income or
disadvantaged people to support the
community and help those in need
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Reuse the structureof anexisting
building
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Adaptive Reuse
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Use second-hand freight con-
tainer
Useful Resources for Materials Reuse:
HK G-Share (since July 2014) – Divided into Building and
Construction Resources Sharing Platform and Domestic
Resources Sharing Platform:
• Building and Construction Resources Sharing Platform, encourages
industry practitioners to reuse construction materials and hence
reducing construction and demolition waste
• Domestic Resources Sharing Platform, encourages the public to reuse
resources thus enhancing the public awareness of waste reduction
and promoting the concept of reuse
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Reuse basement structure
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Use salvaged brick for walkway
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Apart from new purchases,
consider reuse of furniture,
office equipment and acces-
sories from other premises
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Reus e pa r t i t i ons f rom
other fitting out projects
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Use salvaged wood for flooring,
cabinets, desks, etc.
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Use salvaged construction
waste for other purposes
Reuse of Materials
Overview
• During the planning stage of a major renovation and retrofitting of
interior fitting-out, materials that can be reused should be selected to
minimise wastage and disposal in the event of alterations
• Before demolishing an existing building on the site, consider reusing the
structure of the existing building
• Reusing materials is to use the materials in a similar fashion that they
were used in their original life. It eliminates the demand for new
materials and extends the life span of the old materials
for a new energy-efficient building
to overcome the environmental
impacts created by its construction
Green Strategies for Office Building
Office
UNIT
Office
BUILDING
Figure 3.1.40 Make use of the
doors from the existing building
to make a temporary conference
table.
(Source: Hong Kong Green Building
Council)
Reuse.” Benefits of Reuse. Accessed February 02, 2016.
.
• Require fewer resources, less energy
and less labour when compared with
recycling
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Green Strategies for Office Unit
DESIGN STAGE
3.1.11 Reuse of Materials
Case study of Hong
Kong Green Building
Council Office:
Renewable Material
Reception counter, pantry cabinets &
shelves in the office are made of FSC
plywood and covered with bamboo
veneer.
Figure 3.1.39 Louvre of Hong Kong Green
Building Council
(Source: Hong Kong Green Building Council)
Case study of Jones
Lang LaSalle Pacific
Place Office:
Renewable Material
Use of green materials e.g., renewable
wood materials
.
Decorative wall of reception counter.
Figure 3.1.38 Decorative Wall of Jones Lang
LaSalle Pacific Place Office
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