Date: 28 Mar 2019
Retro-commissioning (RCx) has been put into a new chapter in November, 2018. Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), together with the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and the Building Services Operation and Maintenance Executives Society (BSOMES) (the latter being a professional body in Hong Kong, China promoting good operation and maintenance practices for building services installations), signed an memorandum of co-operation (MoC) in November 2018 with four universities and professional bodies in the Mainland and Macao to promote the development and application of RCx for buildings in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Through collaboration among these partners, it is expected that various organisations in the GBA and other Mainland cities will further collaborate to adopt RCx as a new solution for achieving building energy efficiency through sharing of knowledge, experience and training.
Signatories of the MoC conducted the first plenary Working Meetings in Beijing on 28 to 29 March 2019. The meetings were held in the Building Energy Conservation Research Center of Tsinghua University. The Director of EMSD has led the representatives of EMSD and the professional representatives of Hong Kong, China (including HKGBC, BSOMES and Swire Properties etc.) to participate the Academic Week of Tsinghua University. Technical visits was conducted on 29 March 2019 to INDIGO and Taikoo Li Sanlitun projects in Beijing to exchange technical knowledge regarding RCx and energy efficiency.
The purpose of the first plenary meeting is to discuss the way forward and action plans, with focus on the following three areas under three Task Force Groups, these are: (i) Technical Task Force: To encourage and conduct RCx case studies in GBA and consolidate the results and findings of RCx case studies in GBA; (ii) Manpower Task Force: To organise training and development for reinforcing the expertise and skills of RCx practitioners and service providers in GBA; and (iii) Promotion Task Force: To share the best practices and successful experience of RCx cases in GBA through conferences, seminars, experience sharing sessions and online resources center.
