Meta Data
Title in national language: 
香港都市节能蓝图2015-2025+
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2015
Effective Start Year: 
2015
Effective End Year: 
2025
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Transport, Building
Energy Types: 
Oil, Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Other
Issued by: 
Environment Bureau
Overall Summary: 
This document provides the background to energy saving in Hong Kong and also where opportunities lie. We will strive to achieve an energy intensity reduction target for Hong Kong as a whole of 40% by 2025 using 2005 as the base. To achieve this, the community must contribute by changing their behaviour, as regulatory action alone is not enough. The proposed dialogue platform with stakeholders seeks to further expedite green building adoption in the private sector, which is critical to achieving this target. Indeed, only if the community can change its behaviour, can Hong Kong look forward to an even more ambitious outcome.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
To drive energy saving through a combination of educational, social, economic and regulatory means, especially for buildings and inhabitants to become highly energy efficient by 2025. -Collaborate with energy and built environment stakeholders to enable the ‘Energy Wise’ transformation.---Government and public sector development agencies to lead by example and accelerate conditions for change.---Lead the energy saving and green building transformation through government buildings, public housing and public sector development.
EE targets: 
To achieve energy intensity reduction by 40% by 2025 using 2005 as the base. ---Government buildings to achieve 5% electricity reduction target by 2020 (2014 as base); further reduction from 2020-2025 to be determined in 2019-20. ---MTR (Mass Transit Railway) Corporation Limited [...] has set a target to reduce by 21% the amount of electricity consumed per passenger-km by 2020 compared to 2008 levels.[...].
EE action plans: 
We will update the existing commitment for government buildings and internal structure as follows: Appoint Green Manager and Energy Warden in bureaux and departments; • Audit and benchmark; and rationalise existing carbon audits, energy audits and energy-cum-carbon audits; • Retro-commission to ensure buildings perform to their design standards; and • Retrofit energy-related systems to reduce energy consumption. ---Secretary for the Environment to engage built environment leaders to accelerate green building adoption in the private sector.---The Secretary for the Environment will create a dialogue platform and invite the power suppliers to discuss energy saving, and built environment stakeholders to discuss expediting green building adoption in the private sector. ---Getting building owners of existing buildings in the private sector to adopt energy saving installations and retrofits, and also to adopt energy saving and green building management.---Transport sector The Government will encourage transport sector stakeholders to explore how to promote energy saving, such as promoting good driving practices and regular maintenance. ---Drainage Services Department (DSD) and WSD[...]making full use of all the biogas generated from ites sewage treatment works[...] to generate about 3 million kWh of electricity a year, allowing plant to save about 10% of the electricity bill[...]. ---Optimising the illumination levels in public areas [...]Using various means to save energy with respect to lifts and water pump systems; and implementing grid-connected PV systems in new public housing developments[...]. ---[...]triggering a local energy efficiency market that would also strengthen Hong Kong’s environmental industry related to buildings.--- Install energy consumption monitoring systems;
EE labeling: 
Mandatory Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme (MEELS) The Government has enacted EELPO to implement the MEELS and will continue on-going dialogue with stakeholders to tighten and expand MEELS.
EE building standards: 
Periodic review, expand and/or tighten relevant energy-related standards: Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (BEEO); Building (Energy Efficiency) Regulation, (B(EE)R); and Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance (EELPO) ---New governmental buildings with construction floor area of >5,000 m2 with central air-conditioning or >10,000 m2 to achieve at least BEAM Plus Gold; and New public housing to achieve at least BEAM Plus Gold ready. ---we will outperform the B(EE)R by at least 10% for all new office-type government buildings with CFA of >5,000 m2 for projects with tenders to be issued after 1 October 2015. ---Outperform the BEC where the CFA is >5,000 m2 by: Office, recreational and community >10%; Cultural schools, educational hospital and health facilities >5%; All others >3%. ---Outperform the BEC where the CFA is <5,000 m2 by at least 3%;
EE transport standards : 
Improve the bus air-conditioning system and insulation, use tinted glass windows, use LED lighting and more efficient tyres.
EE financial incentives: 
We provide financial incentives for energy audits and saving energy in the Scheme of Control Agreements. ---[...]electric vehicles with no tailpipe emission will continue to enjoy full FRT(First Registration Tax incentive) waiver and the incentive will last up to March 2017.
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
Update schools and public education programmes; ---[S]trenghthen government departmental energy saving efforts through appointing Green Managers and Energy Wardens; and encourage public sector institutions to save energy.---Building greater capacity among professionals to provide a wide range of energy saving and green building services as demand for them grows;---Widening and deepening social mobilisation campaigns with targeted sectors, such as commercial building operators to achieve higher energy saving results; ---[S]upport community campaigns via government funding schemes. ---[C]ollaborate with large energy commercial users to develop sector specific campaigns ---[S]ecretary for the Environment to engage built environment leaders to accelerate green building adoption in the private sector ---The Government will encourage transport sector stakeholders to explore how to promote energy saving, such as promoting good driving practices and regular maintenance. ---To raise public housing tenants’ awareness, HKHA has installed small meters and display panels at ground level lobbies of new housing blocks so that tenants can see the per flat average electricity, gas and water consumption of their own block, with a view to encouraging them to save energy. In addition, one or two solar-powered lamp poles have been placed at each new development since 2008 for educational purpose.
Cooperation in EE: 
The Secretary for the Environment will create a dialogue platform and invite the power suppliers to discuss energy saving, and built environment stakeholders to discuss expediting green building adoption in the private sector.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
All other government buildings should incorporate Renewable Energy technologies as far as reasonably practicable. ---[S]olar and biofuels[...]used in buildings. [...]encourage innovations and additions, which include distributed RE installations, as well as the use of biodiesel as an energy source. ---[...]to deploy solar water heating systems[...] ---All other government buildings should incorporate Renewable Energy technologies as far as reasonably practicable.
RE action plans: 
Drainage Services Department (DSD) and WSD[...]making full use of all the biogas generated from ites sewage treatment works[...] ---Implementing grid-connected PV systems in new public housing developments under planning and design.
RE prioritization, portfolio standards: 
All new schools and educational buildings irrespective [...] aim to have at least 1% of electricity consumption for their general power and lighting be provided by renewable energy [...]; ---All new open space and public park products should aim to either have at least 15% of general public lighting or 1% of electricity consumption be provided by RE;
Environment
GHG emissions reduction targets: 
Build Hong Kong’s first DCS(District Cooling System) at the Kai Tak Development site, to achieve [...] a corresponding reduction of about 60,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. ---Drainage Services Department (DSD) and WSD[...]making full use of all the biogas generated from ites sewage treatment works[...], reducing almost 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions previously generated as a result of burning fossil fuels.
Pollution control action plans: 
[...]electric vehicles with no tailpipe emission will continue to enjoy full FRT(First Registration Tax incentive) waiver and the incentive will last up to March 2017.
Decarbonization strategy: 
Having laid a foundation for energy wise green building in Hong Kong, the next step is to articulate a clear path on achieving further gains for existing and new buildings. ---Getting building owners of existing buildings in the private sector to adopt energy saving installations and retrofits, and also to adopt energy saving and green building management.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
[...]deploy solar water heating systems where appropriate.[...]
Investment
Public Private Partnerships: 
Public sector and private sector partnership: government and public sector development agencies to lead by example and accelerate conditions for change, focus on energy saving in new and existing private sector buildings to capture potential gains. collaborate with energy and built environment stakeholders to enable the “Energy Wise” transformation.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
The Secretary for the Environment will create a dialogue platform and invite the power suppliers to discuss energy saving, and built environment stakeholders to discuss expediting green building adoption in the private sector. [...].
Statistics collection and management: 
To establish a system for reporting on energy-related information through reporting, benchmarking and assessment of buildings in the next decade[...] ---Improving the provision of energy data so that they can be more readily used by the public; collecting and compiling building energy-related data so that the Government and built environment sector can consider further energy saving measures;
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
[G]government departments are required to consider the adoption of Renewable Energy technologies in all new government buildings and major retrofitting projects in existing buildings.
Clean energy technology deployment: 
Implementing grid-connected PV systems in new public housing developments under planning and design [...] to meet at least 1.5% of the communal electricity demand of each block. ---[T]he Government’s policy is to deploy solar water heating systems where appropriate. In overall terms, the energy contribution from solar water heating would however not be significant due to Hong Kong’s high-rise context.