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About GBA 2012
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.
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.
Categories
As a major biennale event in Hong Kong and the region, GBA
recognises projects that demonstrate elegantly, durably and/
or innovatively the principles for sustainable built environment.
GBA 2012 is open to all relevant projects in Hong Kong as well
as the Asia Pacific region, embracing the following three award
categories:
Main Category Sub-Category
1 New Building Category a. Completed Building - Hong Kong , Asia Pacific
b. Building Under Construction - Hong Kong, Asia Pacific
c. Building Project under Design - Hong Kong
2 Existing Building Category a. Completed Building - Hong Kong
b. Building Project under Planning/ Design - Hong Kong
c. Facilities Management - Hong Kong
d. Interior - Hong Kong, Asia Pacific
3 Research and Planning Category a. Research - Hong Kong, Asia Pacific
b. Planning - Asia Pacific
4 Building Product Category