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Typical floor to floor height of Hotel guestroom floor = 3.3m Retail
Typical floor to floor height of Office floor = 4m Hotel
Typical floor to floor height of Retail floor = 5m Office
CDA BOUNDARY LINE Carpark / M&E
CDA BOUNDARY LINE Open Space / Landscape
ROOF GARDEN
Area / Public Passage
GREEN ROOF Residential
GIC
HONG NING ROAD
Public Transport
Interchange
MTR
ODA Boundary (The site)
HIP WO STREET
residential towers (where noise sensitive As the Project travels the path of sustainable building measures, the Phase 1 development
receivers are) will be positioned to achieve development, it has had to evolve continuously at the Yuet Wah Street Site has received a
the maximum setback distance from the to respond to changing policies and external provisional HK-BEAM Platinum rating, which
primary noise sources, with noise-tolerant circumstances. For instance, the MLP is the highest level of the local accreditation
buildings (encompassing the commercial/ approved in 2009 after the lengthy planning system. The new interim hawker bazaar and
institutional blocks which are enclosed with process was modified in 2012 to its current a minibus terminus were commissioned in
central air-conditioning) located to the south version following the promulgation of the Development Area 4 in May 2014, so that
to serve as screening structures. Additionally, Sustainable Building Development guidelines Development Areas 2 and 3 could be cleared
the building orientation will be designed issued by the Government in 2011. The for tender invitation for development. The
to minimise view angles to the roads. building footprint was reduced to increase the new face of the Kwun Tong town centre will
Meticulous layout design together with other setback, the façade facing Kwun Tong Road gradually be unveiled in the next few years
measures, including purpose-built noise was broken up to enhance air ventilation, as the Project continues. Upon completion,
barriers and architectural fins at the critical and the landscape design was adjusted to the Project will recreate Kwun Tong town
building locations, will ensure full compliance increase the coverage by 1.34 percent to centre with a much higher level of services
with the noise criteria of 70dB(A). meet the relevant requirement. Another case and green spaces for the public. It is also
was the reprovision of the health centres estimated to create over 17,000 jobs
Energy efficiency is a crucial element of a in the Phase 1 development. Instead of a (excluding construction-related jobs), which
sustainable building. Although the detailed one-to-one reprovision as in many projects, is five times the existing number on the site.
design of the Main Site is still underway, their capacity had to be enlarged by increasing It is hoped that this will help to propel the
several provisions have already been injected the floor area in order to cater for the projected sustainable growth of the area.
into the development scheme to reduce the increase in population resulting from the East
carbon footprint in the long run. Energy saving Kowloon development. Therefore, adaptation
measures include the use of water-cooled has been the key to keeping the momentum
chillers and mixed-mode air-conditioning of the Project, and more changes in
for the commercial portion, and energy building-related policies and regulations may
efficient lighting along with demand-control take place as Hong Kong sets its road map to
technologies utilising sensors. Although a low-carbon economy.
not at a substantial scale, renewable
energy using vertical axis wind turbines and Steady progress has been made over the
photovoltaic cells will be installed to raise the past nine years, with Phase 1 development
public’s awareness of sustainable living. comprising residential flats and reprovisioned
health centres being substantially completed
in early 2014. Incorporating various green
HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014 169
Typical floor to floor height of Hotel guestroom floor = 3.3m Retail
Typical floor to floor height of Office floor = 4m Hotel
Typical floor to floor height of Retail floor = 5m Office
CDA BOUNDARY LINE Carpark / M&E
CDA BOUNDARY LINE Open Space / Landscape
ROOF GARDEN
Area / Public Passage
GREEN ROOF Residential
GIC
HONG NING ROAD
Public Transport
Interchange
MTR
ODA Boundary (The site)
HIP WO STREET
residential towers (where noise sensitive As the Project travels the path of sustainable building measures, the Phase 1 development
receivers are) will be positioned to achieve development, it has had to evolve continuously at the Yuet Wah Street Site has received a
the maximum setback distance from the to respond to changing policies and external provisional HK-BEAM Platinum rating, which
primary noise sources, with noise-tolerant circumstances. For instance, the MLP is the highest level of the local accreditation
buildings (encompassing the commercial/ approved in 2009 after the lengthy planning system. The new interim hawker bazaar and
institutional blocks which are enclosed with process was modified in 2012 to its current a minibus terminus were commissioned in
central air-conditioning) located to the south version following the promulgation of the Development Area 4 in May 2014, so that
to serve as screening structures. Additionally, Sustainable Building Development guidelines Development Areas 2 and 3 could be cleared
the building orientation will be designed issued by the Government in 2011. The for tender invitation for development. The
to minimise view angles to the roads. building footprint was reduced to increase the new face of the Kwun Tong town centre will
Meticulous layout design together with other setback, the façade facing Kwun Tong Road gradually be unveiled in the next few years
measures, including purpose-built noise was broken up to enhance air ventilation, as the Project continues. Upon completion,
barriers and architectural fins at the critical and the landscape design was adjusted to the Project will recreate Kwun Tong town
building locations, will ensure full compliance increase the coverage by 1.34 percent to centre with a much higher level of services
with the noise criteria of 70dB(A). meet the relevant requirement. Another case and green spaces for the public. It is also
was the reprovision of the health centres estimated to create over 17,000 jobs
Energy efficiency is a crucial element of a in the Phase 1 development. Instead of a (excluding construction-related jobs), which
sustainable building. Although the detailed one-to-one reprovision as in many projects, is five times the existing number on the site.
design of the Main Site is still underway, their capacity had to be enlarged by increasing It is hoped that this will help to propel the
several provisions have already been injected the floor area in order to cater for the projected sustainable growth of the area.
into the development scheme to reduce the increase in population resulting from the East
carbon footprint in the long run. Energy saving Kowloon development. Therefore, adaptation
measures include the use of water-cooled has been the key to keeping the momentum
chillers and mixed-mode air-conditioning of the Project, and more changes in
for the commercial portion, and energy building-related policies and regulations may
efficient lighting along with demand-control take place as Hong Kong sets its road map to
technologies utilising sensors. Although a low-carbon economy.
not at a substantial scale, renewable
energy using vertical axis wind turbines and Steady progress has been made over the
photovoltaic cells will be installed to raise the past nine years, with Phase 1 development
public’s awareness of sustainable living. comprising residential flats and reprovisioned
health centres being substantially completed
in early 2014. Incorporating various green
HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014 169
