Category Archives: building energy efficiency

Building MPG

Posted on 11 August 2011 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

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 →

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Energy Efficiency is easy?

Posted on 5 May 2011 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

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 →

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Don’t do stupid things

Posted on 24 December 2010 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

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 →

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Building Energy Label – Mandatory

Posted on 14 December 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

Here in Hong Kong 89% of all electricity consumed, and 63% of Carbon emission are created from our buildings, and these rise every year. I had argued that mandatory building labelling is the future, and until customers can see an … Continue reading →

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Alternate EE models

Posted on 15 June 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

Energy Efficiency might well be the fastest, least intrusive and lowest cost solution to implement energy conservation projects that also lowers your carbon footprint, the McKinsey report even highlights these opportunities. However, it does not take way from the fact … Continue reading →

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A Big Ask

Posted on 5 June 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

I know many have high hopes for the forthcoming treaty negotiations in Copenhagen, I don’t. In my view only an overwhelming ground swell of public opinion today has a chance to sway our local officials from the typical do nothing … Continue reading →

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What tune does your building play?

Posted on 24 May 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

Buildings account for the largest proportion of greenhouse emissions in Hong Kong, currently that is sixty three percent (63%) of Hong Kong’s carbon footprint. Whilst initiatives for new buildings are indeed welcome, the influence of the measures are limited to … Continue reading →

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