INTRODUCTION
The Hong Kong Green Office Guide aims at providing guidance and
introducing best practices to stakeholders, including the owners,
property facility managers, tenants and occupants of office premises,
regarding the constraints, opportunities and benefits arising from
different environmental aspects of the building and facilities for
office premises, and how the potential opportunities, benefits and
improvements can best be realised.
Key Figures:
Hong Kong
being one
of the world’s largest commercial
centres, the total stock of private
offices at the end of 2014
amounted to 11 million m
2
, that
is about the size of 1500 standard
football pitches.
Of f i ces consume
300kWh/m
2
/yr energy
in Hong Kong
. Offices
have a high energy consumption,
especially when compared with
residential buildings, which
consume 100kWh/m
2
/yr in Hong
Kong. There is a high potential
for improving energy efficiency in
offices.
(Source: Research on HK’s Climate Change
Strategy published by Arup)
Owners
are aiming for a
higher performance standard for
their new office developments.
HongKongofficeworkers
spend 1/3 of their
working days in offices
.
On a five day 9-6 working basis,
office workers spend about 2000
hours per year per person in offices
excluding the overtime hours which
are excessive compared to London
(1740 hours) and New York City
(1847 hours).
It is vital to have a pleasant working
environment that does not have
any adverse effect on their health
and wellbeing. This will also help to
improve workers satisfaction, and
increase productivity.
Occupants and Tenants
are increasingly demanding a
sustainable work environment of
higher standards.
In 2014, 62 tonnes of
office paper is disposed
of to landfills everyday
1
.
This paper should have gone into
recycling bins or being reused. It
takes 17 trees and 1500 litres of oil
to make one tonne of paper.
2
This
means more than 1000 trees needs
to be cut down for the 62 tonnes
of paper we throw away every day.
INTRODUCTION
Figure 1.1 Benefits of Green office
1.
ebsite.” Green Office. Accessed November 20, 2015.
.
Owners
Property Facility
Managers
Lower
Maintenance
Cost
Lower
Operation
Cost
Energy
Saving
Enhance
Corporate
Image
Increase
Productivity
Contribution
to Society
Health and
Wellbeing
Occupants
Tenants
Health and
Well-being
Higher
Motivation
to Work
Satisfaction
to Job
Environment
Connectivity
to
Amenities
Better
Concentration
Green
Behaviour
building design and management
office design and management
INCREASE
THE
GREEN VALUE
OF
OFFICE
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