MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Jul 2024

Recommended events:

13 Aug 2024 (Tue) Green Council webinar on "Net Zero: Approaches to Carbon Offsetting and Emission Mitigation" https://www.beamsociety.org.hk/About-Us/News-and-Updates/News-and-Events/-/media/FD31AEB6360C46988D781D753EFC22B5.ashx

Schedule: Summary of teaching (Ir Dr. Sam C. M. Hui) [PDF]

Format of the examination:

Closed-book, answer 5 questions out of 6, each 20 marks (total 100 marks)
Each question has 2 sections: (a), (b)
Cover all the study topics
Descriptive questions (explain, describe, discuss, draw)
Calculations (related to the concepts)

Guidance on Exam Preparation: Exam techniques and skills (from Lincoln University):

Preparing for tests and exams [PDF]
Exam techniques (a summary) [PDF]
Examination techniques [PDF]
Writing essays in exams [PDF]

Recommended events:

Sep 2024 Hong Kong Green Building Week (HKGBW) 2024 香港綠色建築週 2024 https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/engagement/public-initiatives/hkgbw/

5 Sep 2024 (Thu) Biz-Green Dress Day 「輕．型」上班日
21 Sep 2024 (Sat) Kick-off Ceremony 香港綠色建築週2024 啟動禮, Olympian City 2
21-22 Sep 2024 (Sat-Sun) Green Building Exploration Fair 綠建前行探索展, Olympian City 2
21-22 Sep 2024 (Sat-Sun) Green Transport X Building Tour 綠建低碳遊
28-29 Sep 2024 (Sat-Sun) Green Building Guided Tour 綠建「識」玩團

9-13 Sep 2024 (Mon-Fri) World Green Building Week (WGBW) 2024 https://worldgbc.org/wgbw24/

Schedule: Change of classroom for 9 & 12 Jul 2024 (Tue & Fri) to KKLG102, due to scheduled maintenance in TT403.

Summer Semester: Tue & Fri, 19:00 - 21:30, venue: TT403, T. T. Tsui Building [except 9 & 12 Jul 2024 (Tue & Fri), which is KKLG102]

Jun 2024

Schedule: Written examination (MEBS6020):

- Date & Time: 6 Aug 2024 (Tue), 6:30pm-8:30pm (2 hours)
- Venue: Rm 201, Main Building

Assignments: Assignment 02: Assessment of Sustainable Building Project (2023-2024)

Assignment brief [PDF] - Report submission (via Moodle): on or before 2 Aug 2024 (Fri)
HKU Tsui Tsin Tong Building 香港大學徐展堂樓

Case Studies on Sustainable Buildings - HKU Tsui Tsin Tong Building http://ibse.hk/sbe/case_study/case/hk/tttsui/tttsui.htm
Project information from Nelson Chen Architects: https://www.nca.com.hk/#!/university-hong-kong-art-gallery-academic-office
Floor plans of Tsui Tsin Tong Building http://ibse.hk/MEBS6020/FPTTT.pdf

Recommended website:

LEED v5 (2025 release) https://www.usgbc.org/leed/v5

LEED v5 has been developed around three central areas of impact:

Decarbonization
Quality of life
Ecological conservation and restoration

Recommended events:

26 Jun 2024 (Wed) World Refrigeration Day 2024 世界冷却日 https://worldrefrigerationday.org/
21 Jun 2024 (Fri) Summer solstice 夏至 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice, https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E5%A4%8F%E8%87%B3)

Video: Summer Solstice 夏至 (English narration), Seasonal Living, Part 10 (4:24) https://youtu.be/dQdr65uWWXA

Assignments: Assignment 01: Planning a Sustainable Building Project (2023-2024)

Assignment brief [PDF] - Report submission (via Moodle): on or before 12 July 2024 (Fri)
Yam Pak Building 任白樓

Naming of the Yam Pak Building 任白樓正式命名 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/63962426g
Yam Pak Building - HKU Giving https://www.giving.hku.hk/yam-pak-building/
Fire Safety Floor Plan - Yam Pak Building http://ibse.hk/MEBS6020/FPYP.pdf

Recommended reading:

Hong Kong Report on the State of Sustainable Built Environment 2024 https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/global-movement/sbe-conference-series/wsbe24/Hong-Kong-Report/Hong-Kong-Report-2024.jsp

Recommended event:

3 Jul 2024 (Wed) HKGBC CPD Webinar - Sustainable Built Environment: Australian and Hong Kong’s Perspectives https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/news-events/events-trainings/events-detail?eventId=706

May 2024

Recommended website:

Hong Kong: Green Building in Action (2023) https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/resources/publications/HKGBC-Publication/Reports/green-building-in-action/index.jsp

Apr 2024

Schedule: Teaching Schedule 2023-2024 (Summer)

Summer Semester: Tue & Fri, 19:00 - 21:30, venue: TT403, T. T. Tsui Building

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| Created: Jul 2009 | Update: 31 Jul 2024 |