Memorandum of co-operation on retro-commissioning of buildings in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area signed (with photo)

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The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) today (November 15) signed a memorandum of co-operation (MOC) with the Hong Kong Green Building Council, the Building Services Operation and Maintenance Executives Society, the Macao Institution of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the City Air-conditioning Energy Conservation and Control of Guangdong Project Technology Research Exploitation Center of the South China University of Technology, the Building Energy Conservation Research Center of Tsinghua University and the Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences at the "Co-creating a Smart Future" Symposium to promote the development and application of retro-commissioning (RCx) of buildings in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, also attended the ceremony to witness the signing of the MOC.

Through conducting regular "health checkups" of a building's energy performance to identify areas of energy saving for operational improvement, RCx is a cost-effective solution for building owners to fine-tune their building systems and equipment with a view to achieving optimal operation efficiency and reducing operating costs.

The Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services, Mr Alfred Sit, said that the MOC aimed to promote further collaboration between various organisations in the Greater Bay Area and other Mainland cities to adopt RCx as a new solution for achieving building energy efficiency through sharing of knowledge, experience and training. He also said he believed that this methodology could be promoted to other cities in the Mainland to achieve greater synergy in energy saving and emission reduction.

The EMSD has all along been promoting RCx through various measures, which include publishing technical guidelines, organising seminars and sharing sessions, and setting up an online resource centre for information sharing. Meanwhile, the Government is also partnering with public bodies, such as the ACT-Shop Programme of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, and offering relevant hands-on training certification programmes for the industry to deepen professional knowledge on RCx.

Ends/Thursday, November 15, 2018
Issued at HKT 19:38

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The signing ceremony of a memorandum of co-operation on retro-commissioning of buildings in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held today (November 15) at the "Co-creating a Smart Future" Symposium.

Picture shows (back row, from left) the Chief Engineer of the Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences (SRIB), Dr Xu Qiang; the General Manager of the National University Scientific Park of the South China University of Technology (SCUT), Mr Jiang Hai; former President of the Building Services Operation and Maintenance Executives Society (BSOMES) Mr Keith Chung; the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services, Mr Alfred Sit; the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing; the Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC), Mr Cheung Hau-wai; the Strategic Advisor of the Macao Institution of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (AEEMM), Mr Lam Lon-chong; the Advisor of Building Energy Conservation Research Centre of Tsinghua University, Professor Ye Qian; (front row, from left) the Associate Dean of the SRIB, Dr Zhang Beihong; the Director of the City Air-conditioning Energy Conservation and Control of Guangdong Project Technology Research Exploitation Center of the SCUT, Professor Yan Junwei; the President of the BSOMES, Mr Chris Ting; Assistant Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services Mr Raymond Poon; the Executive Director of the HKGBC, Mr Cary Chan; the President of the AEEMM, Mr Raymond Kuong; and Associate Professor of the Building Energy Conservation Research Center of Tsinghua University Professor Wei Qingpeng.