Green Building Award 2012 (GBA
2012) is organised by the Hong
Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
with Professional Green Building
Council (PGBC) to provide recognition
to building-related projects with outstanding
performance and contributions in sustainability
and the built environment and also to
transform the mainstream market towards
wider adoption of sustainable planning,
design, construction, management, operation,
maintenance, renovation and decommissioning
of buildings.
HKGBC was founded
byfour
major construction industry and environmental
organisations:
Construction
Industry Council (CIC)
Business Environment Council (BEC)
BEAM Society (BEAM)
Professional Green Building Council
(PGBC)
PGBC was co-founded by
five building related professional institutes:
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
(HKIA)
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
(HKIE)
The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape
Architects (HKILA)
The Hong Kong Institute of Planners
(HKIP)
The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
(HKIS)
GBA was
successfully inaugurated by PGBC in 2006. Since
2010, the scope of GBA has been expanded
to cover projects in the Asia Pacific region.
GBA 2012 builds on past
experience and continues with the following
objectives:
To provide recognition to building-related
projects with outstanding contributions
in sustainability;and
To encourage adoption of sustainable
planning, design, construction, management,
operation, maintenance, renovation and
decommissioning of buildings.
Sustainable Building: Definition
Sustainable building provides
a quality living amenity for its users
and neighbours in terms of social, environmental
and economic aspects while minimising negative
environmental impact at the local, regional
and global levels throughout its full life
cycle.
GBA Logo
The
spherical GBA logo embraces multiple
overlapping spheres depicting global
sustainability elements. They interlock
and evolve harmoniously to form an
infinite cycle of dynamic forces
for the future generations. Central
to the GBA globe is the integration
of green with Mother Nature - water,
earth and sky.
