1. Buildings Sector Perspective plus a bit more By Dr Trevor Ng Arup – Hong Kong Hong Kong Climate Change Action Plan

2. 2 Hong Kong’s Climate Change Strategy and Action Agenda  Announced on 10 th September 2010  Clear and Aggressive Target  Outlined accompanying action Annual emissions reduced by 18 Million Tonnes CO2e  Voluntary carbon intensity reduction target of 50 - 60% by 2020 as compared to 2005  From 42 Million tonnes/yr in 2005 to 28 to 34 million tonnes/yr in 2020  Per capita emissions from 6.2 tonnes/yr in 2005 to 3.6 – 4.5 tonnes in 2020

3. 3 How to get there?  Let’s play with some plans on the “Carbon Calculator” Power Generation Buildings Transport Waste Users can tailor the “effort” of their policies by adjusting a series of levers and sliders. The resulting roadmap is presented graphically to allow easy comparison against targets. 2 deg Limit (26M) 45% Int (11M)

4. 4 Three Plans for Hong Kong  We are not promoting any of these plans! Plan A: Nuclear Plan B: Efficiency Plan C: Renewables 50% of Electricity Generated from Nuclear 50% of Buildings to be 40% more efficient Cover 600 sqkm of Hong Kong Land area with PV panels

5. 5 Top Priorities in the Buildings Sector  How to retrofit 10,000 buildings in 10 years? BarriersSolutionsProjectsExemplars Lack of information Knowledge Database EASe database, Energy Performance Certificates Singapore, UK Short planning horizons Energy Service Contracts ESCO Accreditation scheme Singapore Complex and Multi- party Projects One-stop shops London RE:NEW home program UK Access to capital Financing schemes New York Building Retrofit USA Split incentivesGreen lease Green Lease Australia Australia Toronto Mayor’s Renewal Plan, 1200 Buildings Canada, AustraliaCommunity Plans Incentives GREET, EASe Singapore

6. 6 Buildings Statistics  As of December 2008, there were about 41,000 buildings in Hong kong, including about 21,000 residential buildings, 1,900 Industrial Buildings, 2,300 Commercial Buildings, and 11,000 composite buildings.  Taken from Business Impact Assessment on Mandatory Implementation of the Building Energy Codes based on information provided by the Buildings Department in December 2008.  So lets say the BEC