Benefits for Office Building
Office buildings with appropriate
access to exterior views provide
natural daylight for future tenants and
hence lower their energy consumption
during the operational stage.
Benefits for Office Unit
Physical workplace environments
influence psychological and
physiological factors of employees,
specifically job satisfaction. People
benefit from interaction with plants
and nature. Visual access to green
space helps to restore the mind’s
ability to focus, which improves job
performance and helps alleviate
mental stress and illness. It also
improves experience, mood and
happiness.
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Regularly clean windows and
skylights to maximise access
to exterior views and natural
daylight
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Encourage employees to reg-
ularly take breaks and look at
outside views
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Organise the interior office
space so that more employees
will have outdoor views. Work-
stations or seating should be
within 8m of the nearest vision
glazing and, while seated, have a
direct line of sight at an eye level
of 1.2m of the vision glazing
Quality Views
Overview
With a steady increase in urban development, communities have
experienced the negative impacts of overexpansion, greater commercial
land use, and decreasing areas of undisturbed parcels of land. Moreover,
a greater number of people are working and spending leisure time
indoors. Urban lifestyles that include longer hours at the office, time
constraints, and a subconscious separation from nature can have
detrimental effects on communal and personal health and happiness.
BEAM Plus BI V1.0 IEQ 10
At least 60% of all workstations or seating to have a direct line of sight to
external vision glazing or a naturally lit internal courtyard or atrium.
Green Strategies for Office Building
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Green Strategies for Office Unit
Figure 3.2.22 Views for tenants of Hysan Place
(Source: Hysan Development Company Limited)
DESIGN STAGE
3.2.5 Quality Views
Office
UNIT
Figure 3.2.23 Hong Kong Green Building
Council Office Interior
(Source: Hong Kong Green Building Council)
Figure 3.2.24 View angle
(Source: Hong Kong Green Building Council)
Figure 3.2.25 Hong Kong Green Building Council Office Interior Layout Plan
(Source: Hong Kong Green Building Council)
DESIGN STAGE
3.2.5 Quality Views
Office
UNIT
Office
BUILDING
Case study of
Hong Kong
Green Building
Council Office:
Office Layout
More than 90% of the office
space accesses external light
through large windows to
balance tenant comfort and
energy use.
90.9% of workstations located
within 8m of the nearest vision
glazing have a direct line of
sight to the outside.
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