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Author Archives: John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional
Hong Kong Green Speed Dating
17th January 2012 save the date! Cleantuesday and the French chamber of commerce in Hong Kong (FCCIHK) are pushing the boundaries and opening 2012 with a new idea, here is the Cleantuesday link No more excuses!!! Join : “Green Business Networking … Continue reading
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Tagged cleantuesday, green speed dating, Hong Kong, networking
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Steam, Cogeneration and Efficiency
With all the talk about carbon and renewable energy the largest energy losses often escape the limelight, and we already have the solutions that could be implemented today but decades of infrastructure development and misinformation often block us from making … Continue reading
Posted in energy
Tagged cogeneration, efficient use of steam, power generation, steam management, waste energy
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Hong Kong Greener Pastures
Here is my interview regarding potential opportunities, and outlook for businesses in the sustainable/green building space, and here it is, published in the Hong Trader Magazine Oct 2010 (Click here or on the image to read it online). ~~~ John … Continue reading
Posted in sustainable building
Tagged green building, Hong Kong Trader, John Herbert, sustainable business
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Open Source Traffic
I have been a fan of open source, and I found a great little iphone APP that takes two data sets and adds value. This app shows you where the traffic jams are located in Hong Kong so you can … Continue reading
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Building MPG
On 5th September 2008, I pitched my idea to encourage energy efficient buildings, I will not bore you with the speech, essentially it boils down to providing a metric, to assess, rate and compare building performance. We need a simple … Continue reading
Posted in building energy efficiency
Tagged building energy efficiency, building MPG, John Herbert
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Red Lead
This is an extract from a 2011 specification used by an international Bank in Hong Kong, RED lead was banned right? John Herbert, Kelcroft, BEAM Professional
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Hong Kong BEAM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
If you dig deep enough, and long enough hidden within the Hong Kong BEAM website you might just stumble on the new BEAM FAQ page. It was created by the BEAM Technical Review Committee (TRC) to answer many of the … Continue reading
Malaysia’s Rainwater Harvesting Code
It has always been difficult to predict how and when the purely voluntary green building rating systems will become part of the building code requirements, not so for Malaysia, where the local newspaper reports today that all new buildings (new … Continue reading
Posted in green building
Tagged green building, Malaysia, Rainwater Harvesting, water aspects, water conservation
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Steam Systems
Steam is valuable energy media used in countless industrial process, applications include laundries, food factory facilities, laboratories. garment manufacturing, chemical and material processing amongst others. And there is a wealth of energy and cost saving potential based on the steam … Continue reading
Posted in energy efficiency
Tagged condensate, steam, steam audit, steam processes, steam traps
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Energy Efficiency is easy?
Energy efficiency is easy right? In a seminar about carbon and energy efficiency I noticed the neat location of three air conditioning return air temperature sensors – direct over a heater (aka lighting fitting) . The truth is, energy efficiency … Continue reading
Green Building Challenges
Charles D’HAUSSY from cleantuesday was kind enough to invite me talk about green building technologies, but instead of the traditional “where we are now” approach I wanted to look forward, to focus on the future, what is needed to help … Continue reading
Posted in green building
Tagged cleantuesday, John Herbert, sustainable building solutions
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Carbon Intensity
Hardly a day goes by without more news from the Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, unlike past disasters, we have had more news, and media coverage that was inconceivable even ten years ago, and the unfolding tragedy in Japan … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon intensity, carbon reduction target, Fukushima, Japan, John Herbert, nuclear power
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Students Demand Green Facilities
If pressure from government, NGO’s, and your competitors is not enough, you can add students to the list pushing for change…. here is the link to report [link] where the local students in USA are standing up to be counted, … Continue reading
Don’t do stupid things
It’s hard to believe another year is coming to a close, and so much work remains undone…. I stumbled upon a lecture titled “Don’t Do Stupid Things” by Dr Joseph Lstiburek on youtube it is worth the time to listen. … Continue reading
Posted in building energy efficiency
Tagged building science, building tuning, energy efficiency, Joseph Lstiburek
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Hong Kong Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance gazetted
3 December 2010 – Today the Hong Kong Building Energy Code Ordinance was gazetted (http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201012/03/P201012010258.htm). Background information, including consultations can be found on the EMSD website here is the link. It is anticipated that the new legislation will be fully … Continue reading
sustainable waste management
Landfilling is an unsustainable practice period, particularly so in Hong Kong where we have limited land available. Sustainable waste management changes our thinking about throwing AWAY waste (and there is no AWAY) and embrace the community. Out of sight out … Continue reading
Regulatory Support for BEAM Plus Green Building
As manufacturing moved North into China, Hong Kong has been left with a legacy of under utilized factory space and industrial buildings. There is only so much demand for low yield warehouse and storage space, so opportunities to move up … Continue reading
Posted in sustainable building
Tagged BEAM Plus, green building labelling, Hong Kong, industrial building conversion, PNAP APP150, sustainable building
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