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Private Sector Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong SoHo
Projects
The Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong SoHo is curtain wall creates a low Overall Thermal Educational leaflets were also distributed and
located in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, and has Transfer Value envelope without sacrificing a green corner was set up to introduce the
274 guest rooms. The hotel is owned and built the views from guestrooms. building’s green features.
by Yau Lee Holdings Limited and managed by An art project in collaboration with a local
InterContinental Hotels Group. During the construction stage, precautions charitable NGO, the Nesbitt Centre, was
From the outset, this project was intended as were taken to ensure public safety and set up to encourage students of the Centre
an integrated green and sustainable building minimise inconvenience to the community: to create paintings, which have now become
design developed jointly by the developer, • A CCTV system was installed on the trolley part of the hotel’s decorations in guestrooms.
hotel management, architect, engineers, During the design development stage, a wind
special consultants and construction team, of the tower crane and in the designated tunnel modelling study was conducted at Hong
with a number of innovative ideas relating lifting area at ground level; Kong University of Science and Technology to
to energy optimisation and sustainable • A traffic control team was set up to optimise the structural design. Reductions in
practices. coordinate traffic flow near the site area; construction materials, such as a 45-tonne
The hotel is situated in a predominantly • Hot works were under complete and strict reduction in rebar, was achieved together with
pedestrianised, mixed-used neighbourhood, control; downgrading of the structural concrete from
where an additional building could affect the • 50 percent of precast elements were Grade 60 to Grade 40. The biggest advantage
view. The plan was thus to visually integrate fabricated off-site; and was to reduce CO2 emissions as well as
the existing open space of the Cleverly Street • 5D Building Information Modelling (BIM) pollution by adopting a four-day construction
neighbourhood with green walls to create a was applied to enhance coordination and cycle. Another important requirement to fulfil
pleasant green oasis. The Hotel achieves a avoid rework. under the green assessment rating tools
green ratio of 47.5 percent of the site area, was to select suitable subcontractors and
consisting of an 18-meter vertical exterior During the operations stage, over a hundred suppliers. All building materials used for this
green wall and green rooftop. The introduction green tours for guests and technical visits project are low VOC products and all timber
of vegetation would, in turn, have the effect for industry were conducted to promote
of decreasing demand for the HVAC system. sustainable building design and solutions. 0.06 hectare
The west façade is an insulation buffer 9,163 m2
containing an open balcony staircase that PROJECT SCALE / USE 36
is used for circulation and as a break-out 750
area, whilst also introducing indirect natural Site area (approx.) Hotel guests
lighting to the corridors. The hotel lift lobby Gross floor area (approx.)
area opens to the north window and uses Number of floor above grade
natural day lighting. The IGU low-E glass Approximate final population
Key Occupancy type(s)
182 HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014
Projects
The Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong SoHo is curtain wall creates a low Overall Thermal Educational leaflets were also distributed and
located in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, and has Transfer Value envelope without sacrificing a green corner was set up to introduce the
274 guest rooms. The hotel is owned and built the views from guestrooms. building’s green features.
by Yau Lee Holdings Limited and managed by An art project in collaboration with a local
InterContinental Hotels Group. During the construction stage, precautions charitable NGO, the Nesbitt Centre, was
From the outset, this project was intended as were taken to ensure public safety and set up to encourage students of the Centre
an integrated green and sustainable building minimise inconvenience to the community: to create paintings, which have now become
design developed jointly by the developer, • A CCTV system was installed on the trolley part of the hotel’s decorations in guestrooms.
hotel management, architect, engineers, During the design development stage, a wind
special consultants and construction team, of the tower crane and in the designated tunnel modelling study was conducted at Hong
with a number of innovative ideas relating lifting area at ground level; Kong University of Science and Technology to
to energy optimisation and sustainable • A traffic control team was set up to optimise the structural design. Reductions in
practices. coordinate traffic flow near the site area; construction materials, such as a 45-tonne
The hotel is situated in a predominantly • Hot works were under complete and strict reduction in rebar, was achieved together with
pedestrianised, mixed-used neighbourhood, control; downgrading of the structural concrete from
where an additional building could affect the • 50 percent of precast elements were Grade 60 to Grade 40. The biggest advantage
view. The plan was thus to visually integrate fabricated off-site; and was to reduce CO2 emissions as well as
the existing open space of the Cleverly Street • 5D Building Information Modelling (BIM) pollution by adopting a four-day construction
neighbourhood with green walls to create a was applied to enhance coordination and cycle. Another important requirement to fulfil
pleasant green oasis. The Hotel achieves a avoid rework. under the green assessment rating tools
green ratio of 47.5 percent of the site area, was to select suitable subcontractors and
consisting of an 18-meter vertical exterior During the operations stage, over a hundred suppliers. All building materials used for this
green wall and green rooftop. The introduction green tours for guests and technical visits project are low VOC products and all timber
of vegetation would, in turn, have the effect for industry were conducted to promote
of decreasing demand for the HVAC system. sustainable building design and solutions. 0.06 hectare
The west façade is an insulation buffer 9,163 m2
containing an open balcony staircase that PROJECT SCALE / USE 36
is used for circulation and as a break-out 750
area, whilst also introducing indirect natural Site area (approx.) Hotel guests
lighting to the corridors. The hotel lift lobby Gross floor area (approx.)
area opens to the north window and uses Number of floor above grade
natural day lighting. The IGU low-E glass Approximate final population
Key Occupancy type(s)
182 HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014
