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District Cooling System Water-cooled Air-conditioning Building Energy Efficiency
Systems Funding Scheme
The Government has implemented a
first-of-its-kind district cooling system (DCS) Water-cooled air-conditioning systems In April 2009, the Government allocated
at the new Kai Tak Development area. It has using fresh water cooling towers (WACS) HK$450 million to launch the Buildings Energy
a designed cooling capacity of up to 284 MW are generally more energy-efficient than Efficiency Funding Scheme (BEEFS) to provide
and will supply chilled water to non-domestic air-cooled systems. About 1,800 towers under building owners with subsidies to carry out
developments in the area for centralised the voluntary Fresh Water Cooling Towers energy-cum-carbon audits and projects to
air-conditioning. The project is being Scheme, which promotes wider use of WACS upgrade the energy efficiency performance
developed in phases. With the completion in non-domestic buildings in Hong Kong, have of building services installations. The
of the Phase I project in early 2013, district been completed since 2000. It is estimated three-year Scheme, which ended on 7 April
cooling services to Kai Tak Cruise Terminal that this has achieved electricity savings of 2012 as scheduled, was well received by the
Building and Ching Long Shopping Centre up to 335 million kWh and a reduction of community. Over 6,400 buildings, or more
under the Hong Kong Housing Authority carbon dioxide emissions of up to 235,000 than one seventh of the total building stock
commenced in February 2013 and May 2013 tonnes per annum. in Hong Kong, received subsidies under the
respectively. Scheme. The estimated annual energy saving
is about 180 million kWh, equivalent to a
carbon dioxide emission reduction of about
126,000 tonnes. As a result of the mid-term
review of the Scheme of Control Agreements
undertaken in 2013, the China Light & Power
Company and the Hong Kong Electric have
launched since June 2014 the Eco Building
Fund and the Smart Power Fund respectively
to enhance the energy efficiency of
non-commercial buildings in Hong Kong.
HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014 39
Systems Funding Scheme
The Government has implemented a
first-of-its-kind district cooling system (DCS) Water-cooled air-conditioning systems In April 2009, the Government allocated
at the new Kai Tak Development area. It has using fresh water cooling towers (WACS) HK$450 million to launch the Buildings Energy
a designed cooling capacity of up to 284 MW are generally more energy-efficient than Efficiency Funding Scheme (BEEFS) to provide
and will supply chilled water to non-domestic air-cooled systems. About 1,800 towers under building owners with subsidies to carry out
developments in the area for centralised the voluntary Fresh Water Cooling Towers energy-cum-carbon audits and projects to
air-conditioning. The project is being Scheme, which promotes wider use of WACS upgrade the energy efficiency performance
developed in phases. With the completion in non-domestic buildings in Hong Kong, have of building services installations. The
of the Phase I project in early 2013, district been completed since 2000. It is estimated three-year Scheme, which ended on 7 April
cooling services to Kai Tak Cruise Terminal that this has achieved electricity savings of 2012 as scheduled, was well received by the
Building and Ching Long Shopping Centre up to 335 million kWh and a reduction of community. Over 6,400 buildings, or more
under the Hong Kong Housing Authority carbon dioxide emissions of up to 235,000 than one seventh of the total building stock
commenced in February 2013 and May 2013 tonnes per annum. in Hong Kong, received subsidies under the
respectively. Scheme. The estimated annual energy saving
is about 180 million kWh, equivalent to a
carbon dioxide emission reduction of about
126,000 tonnes. As a result of the mid-term
review of the Scheme of Control Agreements
undertaken in 2013, the China Light & Power
Company and the Hong Kong Electric have
launched since June 2014 the Eco Building
Fund and the Smart Power Fund respectively
to enhance the energy efficiency of
non-commercial buildings in Hong Kong.
HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014 39
