MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Introduction

1. Course background

2. Green/sustainable building

3. Green building trends

4. Sustainability

5. Hong Kong situation

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• Green Building Evolution (3:47) https://youtu.be/MroerBD69bA
• What is green building? (1:16) https://youtu.be/MyIOtsx3wDs
  
• Green sustainable and healthy buildings explained (2:25) https://youtu.be/dDATY3av_48
• An introduction to the principles of the Health and Wellbeing Framework (1:52) https://youtu.be/-2ZKesd8QuI
  
• 【綠築仔綠袖子話你知】－星期「綠」 檔案－綠色建築 (3:10) https://youtu.be/8PfWe9r5aok

Further Reading:

• Green building -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building
  
• Green vs. Sustainable Building https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/green-vs-sustainable-building/
  
• What is Green Building? [HKGBC] https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/about-us/what-is-green-building/
  
• Benefits of green building [USGBC] https://www.usgbc.org/press/benefits-of-green-building
  

References:

• Appleby P., 2011. Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings, Earthscan, London & Washington, DC. [HKALL]
• Darko A. & Chan A. P. C., 2016. Critical analysis of green building research trend in construction journals, Habitat International, 57: 53-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.07.001
• Keeping M. and Shiers D., 2017. Sustainable Building Design : Principles and Practice, Wiley-Blackwell, New York. [HKALL]
• Olabi A. G., Shehata N., Issa U. H., Mohamed O. A., Mahmoud M., Abdelkareem M. A. &
  
• Abdelzaher M. A., 2025. The role of green buildings in achieving the sustainable development goals, International Journal of Thermofluids, 25: 101002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2024.101002
• Tam, A., 2006. Sustainable Building in Hong Kong: the Past, Present and Future, Insitu Pub. Ltd., Hong Kong. [HKALL][720.47 T15]
• Joint Practice Notes on protection and improvement of the built and natural environment by Buildings Department, Lands Department and Planning Department https://www.bd.gov.hk/en/resources/codes-and-references/practice-notes-and-circular-letters/index_joint.html
  
• JPN1 Green and Innovative Buildings (Sep 2019)
• JPN2 Second Package of Incentives to Promote Green and Innovative Buildings (Jul 2022)
• JPN 3 Landscape and Site Coverage of Greenery (Apr 2019)
  
• JPN 4 Development Control Parameters (Oct 2021)
  
• JPN 5 Development Control Parameters Building Height Restriction (Apr 2019)
  
• JPN 6 Sustainable Building Design Guidelines: Building Separation and Building Setback (Sep 2019)
• JPN 7 Development Control Parameters Site Coverage Restriction (Aug 2021)
• JPN 8 Incentive to Promote Green and Innovative Buildings Enhanced Facilitation Measures for Buildings Adopting Modular Integrated Construction (Jul 2022)
  

Web Links:

• Green architecture http://global.britannica.com/art/green-architecture
• Green Building defined [HKGBC] https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/about-us/what-is-green-building/
  
• OECD Work on Sustainable Buildings http://www.oecd.org/env/consumption-innovation/oecdworkonsustainablebuildings.htm
  
• Green building literacy: a framework for advancing green building education https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40594-019-0171-6
  
• Sustainable Buildings Market Study 2019 - Ramboll https://ramboll.com/-/media/files/rgr/documents/markets/buildings/s/sustainable-buildings-market-study_2019_web.pdf
  
• Top 7 Green Building Trends Shaping 2025 https://www.attuneiot.com/resources/green-building-innovations-top-trends-shaping-2025
  
• Healthy building - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy_building
• WorldGBC's Health & Wellbeing Framework https://worldgbc.org/health-framework
  
• The Three Pillars of Sustainability https://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm
  
• About the Sustainable Development Goals https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
• HKU and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://pokfield.hku.hk/design/knowledge-corner-sustainability-and-campus-planning/
  
• Hong Kong milestone and timeline https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/about-us/file/HKreport2017_Timeline.pdf

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| Created: May 2020 | Update: 28 Apr 2026 |