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Practical Examples

1. Bullitt Center, Seattle, USA

2. Pixel Building, Melbourne, Australia

3. Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch, Taiwan

4. Obayashi Technical Research Institute, Japan

5. EMSD Headquarters, Hong Kong

6. One Taikoo Place, Hong Kong

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• Bullitt Center, Seattle, USA https://bullittcenter.org/
• Bullitt Center Tour Produced by the UW IDL (15:31) https://youtu.be/BkgRgo3Qaeo
  
• Seattle's Bullitt Center: A Green Building Inspiring Visitors (2:35) https://youtu.be/u41E1HsrI-c
  
• The Bullitt Center: A Living Building (6:15) https://youtu.be/6TvlwAgi-vQ
  
• Climate Of Change - Bullitt Center (5:19) https://youtu.be/2j9wJpiFYto
  
• ULI Case Studies: Bullitt Center (6:15) https://youtu.be/svg59BlEpVA
• Pixel Building, Melbourne, Australia https://www.pixelbuilding.com.au/
• Grocon - Pixel Building (1:52) https://youtu.be/E0IEOseKV_I
  
• Melbourne's Pixel Building (5:02) https://youtu.be/7xCRv-J3djo
  
• Pixel Perfect (1:44) https://youtu.be/TuwemQu6Ls8
• Sacred Spaces Pixel Building (13:35) https://youtu.be/ZXzv6gYkXGA
  
• Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch, Taiwan 臺北市立圖書館 北投分館
• A Visit to Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch (1:52) https://youtu.be/Q9M7HVXeGKA
• 2 04 07 北投圖書館的介紹 (1:40) https://youtu.be/00Xk8RaxQtk
  
• 臺北市立圖書館北投分館(英文簡 介影片) (14:39) https://youtu.be/fyI2d7VWjQ0
• 最酷綠建築之一 納涼夯點北投圖書館 20180810公視早安新聞 (2:53) https://youtu.be/V7CoNTvjxbg
  
• 【台灣這樣玩】十築台灣｜台北圖 書館北投分館｜綠建築｜圖書館｜北投｜牟韻潔 (8:44) https://youtu.be/G2zQnZFli74
  
• Obayashi Technical Research Institute, Japan 大林組技術研究所本館 https://www.obayashi.co.jp/tri/
• 大林組 技術研究所｜大林組 建築設計プロジェクト (2:36) https://youtu.be/EWostZvC47o
  
• TechnoStation (7:45) https://youtu.be/7YnTM45Rxog
• EMSD Headquarters 機電工程署總部大樓
• Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Headquarters 機電工程署總部 (0:30) https://youtu.be/qleCVY3RnV4
• 機電工程署教育徑 - 大樓教育徑 (2:21) https://youtu.be/8H4zm7s32aA
• 機電工程署教育徑 - 戶外廣場 (2:22) https://youtu.be/crCG217xywA
• BIM-AM deployment in EMSD Headquarters with Asset Digitalisation (26:41) https://youtu.be/CB7gdMPtTxE
  
• One Taikoo Place, Hong Kong 太古坊一座 https://www.taikooplace.com/en/work/onetaikooplace
• Hong Kong's commercial district spotlights sustainability - Building A Better Future (5:12) https://youtu.be/Mn51mLeZq24
• Transformation of Taikoo Place - Our Vision (1:02) https://youtu.be/iy4MrJrJNBk
• 【綠建睇樓團－風水篇】 (7:12) https://youtu.be/ZO-oEqHFoJM
  
• Recommended TV programme on green buildings from RTHK:
• 天人合一：綠色築跡 (上) (21:30) https://youtu.be/YRY4zsR1Haw
  
• 天人合一：綠色築跡 (下) (21:29) https://youtu.be/vrbBdSBZWJo
  

Further Reading:

• Bullitt Center, Seattle, USA https://bullittcenter.org/
• Bullitt Media Kit Nov 2013 http://www.bullittcenter.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bullitt-Media-Kit-Nov-2013.pdf
  
• Living Proof: The Bullitt Center https://bullittcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/living-proof-bullitt-center-case-study.pdf
  
• Bullitt Center (WBDG case studies) https://www.wbdg.org/additional-resources/case-studies/bullitt-center
  
• Bullitt Center Thrives (Seattle, USA) - Solaripedia http://www.solaripedia.com/13/410/Bullitt+Center+Thrives+%28Seattle%2C+USA%29.html
  
• Urban Land Institute (ULI) case study about the Bullitt Center http://uli.org/wp-content/uploads/ULI-Documents/TheBullittCenter.pdf
  
• Bullitt Center: Seattle, Wash. - HPB Magazine https://www.hpbmagazine.org/bullitt-center-seattle-wash/
• Pixel Building, Melbourne, Australia https://www.pixelbuilding.com.au/
• Small Building, Big Picture - Pixel https://photos.state.gov/libraries/australia/39176/pdf/Pixel.pdf
  
• Pixel Office Building in Melbourne by Studio 505 https://www.livinspaces.net/projects/architecture/pixel-office-building-australia-studio-505/
  
• Carbon neutral offices - The Pixel Building Case Study https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/~/media/resources/documents/services%20and%20advice/business/srsb%20eeob/srsb%20eeob%20case%20studies/srsb%20eeob%20case%20study%20pixel.pdf
• Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch, Taiwan 臺北市立圖書館 北投分館 https://tpml.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=4F66F55F388033A7&s=8D29886CA91B88A4
  
• Green library design and evaluation: the Taipei Public Library, Taiwan https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f070/31223fad758af90a83fde31cdc155b889d6e.pdf
  
• Green Building Label Case Studies http://twgbqanda.com/english/e_gbt.php?Type=14&menu=e_gbt_class
• 臺北市立圖書館北投分館 Beitou Library https://www.travel.taipei/zh-tw/attraction/details/212
  
• 臺北市立圖書館北投分館 (Taiwan GBC case study)(in Chinese) http://www.taiwangbc.org.tw/tw/modules/filelist/download/get/54
  
• 台北市立圖書館北投分館 (Taiwan GBC) http://www.taiwangbc.org.tw/tw/modules/news/article.php?storyid=86
  
• 台北市立圖書館北投分館 - 準建築人手札 http://forgemind.net/xoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=863
• Obayashi Technical Research Institute, Japan 大林組技術研究所本館 https://www.obayashi.co.jp/tri/
• Japan Sustainable Building Database http://www.ibec.or.jp/jsbd/AI/index.htm
  
• Approach to Low Carbon, ZEB and Smart Energy of Obayashi Corporation Technical Research Institute Main Building “TECHNO-STATION” https://www.annex40.net/fileadmin/user_upload/annex40.net/documents/Annex40_Workshop_Nagoya_Onojima.pdf
  
• A Low-Carbon Office Building using Innovative Methods and Technologies https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB_DC23290.pdf
• Techno-Station, Obayashi Corporation (USGBC) https://www.usgbc.org/projects/techno-station-obayashi-corporation
  
• EMSD Headquarters 機電工程署總部大樓
• EMSD website https://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/beam_plus_certification/
  
• EMSD Headquarters - BEAM Plus Online Exhibition http://greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/projects/view/24
  
• Transformation of EMSD Headquarters into a Green Building - BEAM Plus Online Exhibition http://greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/projects/view/76
  
• New Headquarters for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department - ArchSD Exhibition https://www.archsd.gov.hk/en/exhibition/new-headquarters-for-the-electrical-and-mechanical-services-department.aspx
  
• Green Transformation of EMSD Headquarters Building https://www.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/PDF/Session%206_10_3.pdf
• One Taikoo Place, Hong Kong https://www.taikooplace.com/en/work/onetaikooplace
• BEAM Plus Online Exhibition http://greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/projects/view/211
  
• Performance Synergy from Integrated Design, Construction and Operation. Case Study on a High Performance Grade A Office - Swire One Taikoo Place https://wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Paper/P_174-181%20Performance%20Synergy.pdf
  
• Swire Properties https://www.polyu.edu.hk/af/cesef/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/4.-Panel-2_Raymond-Yau-public-version.pdf
  
• One Taikoo Place - Arup https://www.arup.com/projects/one-taikoo-place
• Olympic House, the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Lausanne, Switzerland
• Case Study: Olympic House -- The International Olympic Committee Headquarters: Representing Company Values Through Architecture https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Olympic%20House%20Case%20Study%20September2019_Final.pdf
  
• Olympic House becomes one of the most sustainable buildings in the world https://olympics.com/ioc/news/olympic-house-becomes-one-of-the-most-sustainable-buildings-in-the-world
• Olympic House becomes one of the most sustainable buildings in the world (3:41) https://youtu.be/-Ph5bEpFfqk
  
• Olympic House https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-house/
  
• Commitment to sustainability https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-house/commitment-to-sustainability
• Home of the Olympic Movement https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-house/home-of-the-olympic-movement
• Olympic House: The Book https://indd.adobe.com/view/843cc054-d38e-4b62-8fc7-ea5bdd9cd910
• Factsheet https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Olympic-house/Boxes/Olympic-House-Factsheet.pdf
• Olympic House - IOC Headquarters (3XN) https://3xn.com/project/ioc-headquarters
  

Useful Websites:

• American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Projects https://www.aiatopten.org/
  
• BEAM Plus Online Exhibition 綠建環評網上展覽 http://greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk/
• BEAM Plus Platinum Certified Projects 2020 2020年度綠建環評鉑金級認證項目 https://beamplus10.hkgbc.org.hk/
  
• Green Buildings (Energizing Kowloon East) https://www.ekeo.gov.hk/en/green_map/building/
  
• Green buildings: 18 examples of sustainable architecture around the world https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/green-buildings-world-sustainable-design/
• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) Case Studies https://www.wbdg.org/additional-resources/case-studies
  
• WorldGBC Online Case Study Library https://www.worldgbc.org/case-study-library

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| Created: May 2020 | Update: 2 Aug 2022 |