According to the World Green Building Council, 39% of energy-related global carbon dioxide emissions is contributed by the property and construction sector. Another report from the International Energy Agency estimated that buildings are responsible for 28% of these emissions. Here in Hong Kong, activities in buildings account for more than 90% of electricity consumption and 60% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is clear to all that decarbonising buildings and the built environment are critical to achieving carbon neutrality. Join this webinar and listen to international and local experts on net zero carbon in the built environment, science-based target, and the importance of full sector and stakeholder collaboration.
Speakers and Panellists *in order of appearance
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Ms Phoebe Lewis Phoebe is a Senior Consultant within the Upstream Sustainability Services Team at Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL), specialising in net zero carbon. She is currently seconded to the COP26 UN High-Level Champions Built Environment Sector team. This team is being led by the High-Level Champions for Climate Action, Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Munos who have a UN mandate to work with the non-state actor community (businesses, investors, cities, regions and civil society) to strengthen ambition, accelerate action, and facilitate collaboration between state parties and non-state parties to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. She is also working with the World Economic Forum to develop a global set of principles for a standardized approach to net zero carbon.
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Mr Luca De Giovanetti He leads the decarbonization workstream part of the Transforming the Built Environment project, aimed at accelerating the achievement of net-zero emissions across the entire built environment lifecycle through system-wide collaboration. The vision is to halve emissions from this system by 2030 and reach net zero no later than 2050. Luca is also part of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) Technical Advisory Group as well as the Net Zero Expert Advisory Group. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland
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Mr Andy Mace Andy joined Arup over twenty years ago with a passion for turning sustainability principles into reality. He is now an Arup director based in the UK, working on energy transition and carbon related projects in Scotland and the North of England. Andy led Arup’s work with Zero Waste Scotland to develop tools and approaches for local area energy planning in Scotland and is now leading the national assessment for Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies for Scotland’s thirty-two local authorities. He is also leading a project to design and build a housing energy efficiency retrofit research centre comprising nine period homes in Gateshead, is about to start developing a strategic vision for hydrogen for the industrial cluster on Teesside and is leading Arup’s global preparations for COP26 in Glasgow.
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Dr Raymond Yau Dr Raymond Yau is the General Manager, Technical Services & Sustainable Development in Swire Properties Limited. Under his leadership since 2016, he leads a number of new initiatives that are pivotal to the long-term sustainable development of the company. These include formulation of company’s wide SD 2030 Vision and strategies, digital transformation of technical services and cloud-based energy management platform, implementation of monitoring-based commissioning of all existing portfolios for deep energy savings, ESG framework of the company’s first green bond of US$500m in 2018 and the Climate Risk Assessment of its global assets. Dr Yau led to set out the Science-based Targets of Swire Properties for long-term decarbonization in accordance with The Paris Agreement and climate science that was officially approved by SBTi in November 2019. Dr Yau had been practicing as a professional consulting engineer for over 28 years in the field of designing sustainable buildings and sustainability consulting across the Globe. He was awarded HKIE - Innovation Award for the Engineering Industry 2013 – Principal Innovator - Construction Category Champion CIC Zero Carbon Building. Dr Yau is currently the Executive Committee Member & Board of Director of BEC since 2016 and Chairman of BEC Sustainable Living Environment Advisory Group. He is a Founding Member of IWBI Governance Council, Member of WorldGBC Embodied Carbon Primer Taskforce, Member of GRESB Standard Review Committee and Co-opted Member of Sustainable Development Committee (SDC) of the HKGBC. He is also Committee Member of the China Green Building Council and Deputy Officer of China Association of Building Energy Efficiency – Technical Committee on Building Commissioning and Operation. Dr Yau is Guest Professor at Chongqing University, China and LEED AP, WELL AP, Green Building Faculty, BEAM Pro, Chartered Engineer and Fellow Member of HKIE and CIBSE. Dr Yau received the 2019 International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) Leadership Award.
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Ms Ivy Lee Ivy is the Managing Director of Leigh & Orange (L&O) overseeing L&O’s business development and operations in Hong Kong, China, SE Asia and the Middle East. She joined the firm in 1998 having obtained a 1st Class Honours degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Shortly afterwards, in 2001 she became a Registered Architect and later she was elected as a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects. Sustainability is a key part of Ivy's holistic approach to design, supported with personal qualifications in environmentally friendly sustainable design, having both LEED AP and BEAM Pro qualifications. She is also a pro bono director of the Hong Kong Green Building Council and Chairperson of the BEAM Society Limited. Ivy has a natural ebullience for architecture, art and literature – pursuits she balances whilst contributing to the community by serving in several key community services and government advisory roles in the Planning Department, Housing Authority and the Environment Bureau. L&O is an international architectural firm headquartered in Hong Kong with almost 150 years of history. L&O have played a significant and continued role in shaping the design community and over the past 10 years under Ivy's design leadership, L&O have completed many award-winning buildings and masterplans throughout Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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Mr Simon Ng Mr Simon Ng is Director – Policy & Research of Business Environment Council. He is responsible for BEC’s work on policy advocacy, thought leadership development, and collaborative research on various environmental issues that BEC focuses on. Trained as a geographer, Mr Ng is known for his ground-breaking work on ship emissions inventory in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta in which his collaboration with the shipping industry led to the launch of the Fair Winds Charter. He is also well regarded for his research and engagement work on walkability. Mr Ng has over 20 years of experience in academic/policy research, project management and stakeholder's engagement. Before joining BEC, he was Chief Research Officer of a leading independent public policy think tank and was a visiting scholar of a top university in Hong Kong. Mr Ng is also a member of many professional bodies of transport & logistics and environmental management. Internationally, Mr Ng is an Expert Member of the UNCRD Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia since 2006.
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Programme
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| 16:00 - 16:05 |
Opening Remarks Business Environment Council |
| 16:05 - 16:15 |
Decarbonisation Priorities for the Built Environment Ms Phoebe Lewis, Senior Consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated |
| 16:15 - 16:25 |
Achieving a Net Zero Built Environment before 2050 Mr Luca De Giovanetti, Manager, Science-based Targets, World Business Council on Sustainable Development |
| 16:25 - 16:35 |
Planning the energy transition for the buildings sector Mr Andy Mace, Director, Arup |
| 16:35 - 17:15 |
Panel Discussion Dr Raymond Yau, General Manager, Technical Services & Sustainable Development, Swire Properties Limited Ms Ivy Lee, Managing Director, Leigh & Orange Limited Ms Phoebe Lewis, Senior Consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Mr Luca De Giovanetti, Manager, Science-based Targets, World Business Council on Sustainable Development Mr Andy Mace, Director, Arup Mr Simon Ng, Director - Policy & Research, Business Environment Council (moderator) |
