10th Anniversary Booklet - The Professional Green Building Council

152Sparkling GreenHong Kong and BeyondHKIA Green TourHKIA Green Tour was first launched in 2000. The first part ofHKIA Green Tour is to have a first-hand visit experience to somestate-of-the-art green buildings which were well-performed insocial, economical and environment integration, and the secondpart is to participate in Green Building Challenge [GBC] and toattend World Sustainable Building Conference. A holistic approachis cultivated to establish an international network on greenarchitecture movement and to interface with Green BuildingChallenge. With this interlinked planning, Green Tour is organisedat specific years attended by our delegated teams:Green Tour 2000 Germany / The NetherlandsGreen Tour 2002 Nordic – Norway / Finland / Sweden / DenmarkGreen Tour 2004 Brazil / PeruGreen Tour 2005 JapanGreen Tour 2007 China [Beijing]Green Tour 2008 AustraliaGreen Tour 2010 China [Shanghai / Suzhou]Green Tour 2011 FinlandGBC BackgroundIn 1994, the first international green building conference was heldby CIB in the UK. This was followed by an even larger event in Parisin 1997. A somewhat different formulation was later developed forconferences related to the Green Building Challenge [GBC] process.These have been called the Sustainable Building Conferences, andwere co-sponsored by countries participating in the GBC processand CIB.* Reference: SB05 websiteGBC and SB Conference was held around the global in thepast decades:GBC’98 1st in Vancouver, Canada in 1998SB2000 2nd in Maastricht, The Netherlands in 2000SB02 3rd in Oslo, Norway in 2002.SB05 4th in Tokyo, Japan in 2005SBC08 5th in Melbourne, Australia in 2008SB11 6th in Helsinki, Finland in 2011World Green Building CouncilPGBC is one of the founding members of the Hong Kong GreenBuilding Council [HKGBC], and HKGBC has been accepted by theWorld Green Building Council in Established Member status on 12November 2012.UIAUnion Internationale Des Architectes [UIA] ResponsibleArchitecture working body has developed ‘Architecture fora Responsible Future’ programme which is a continuation of‘Architecture for Sustainable Architecture’ with the following aim:Overall objective:To help architectural education and the profession meet thechallenges of sustainable architecture and urban planning;to offer specialised professional advice on project design andarchitectural realisation to the international community.* Reference: UIA websiteHong Kong is a member in Region IV with the followingdevelopment planning:Objectives – Broaden research and publicise exemplary projectsrealised around the region.Activities – Creating a database of successful sustainable practicesin Asia and Oceania; Contributing to the UIA’s participation inCOP15 [Copenhagen, Denmark].* Reference: UIA websiteARCASIAThe Architects Regional Council Asia [ARCASIA] has 4 committeesto response to key Asian region architectural issues includingeducation, practice, green and sustainable architecture, socialresponsibility.ARCASIA The 15th Asian Congress of Architects was held inIndonesia in 2012. On the front of Committee for Green andSustainable Architecture, the following topics were shared amonginstitution members:Institution Status, Rating System and Tool, Award, Public andProfessional Education, Regional Collaboration.Franky CHOIPGBC Vice ChairmanHKIA Representative, ARCASIA Committee onGreen and Sustainable Architecture [2012–present]HKIA Green Tour 2000-05 Organizing Committee MemberJohn NGPGBC Hon. SecretaryHKIA Representative, UIA Region IV Work Programme“Architecture for Sustainable Future” [2011-12]