25th Anniversary of AEC Group - Inherit the Past and Usher in the Future
Hong Kong Green Building Council celebrates its 10-year achievements in green building development and share a bright outlook on Hong Kong’s sustainable built environment
Green Building Award 2019 results announced and crowned projects and organisations demonstrated excellence in sustainable built environment
Eco Expo Asia: Buy Green and Build Green
25th Anniversary of AEC Group - Inherit the Past and Usher in the Future
| AEC Group’s Board of Directors and senior management team proposed a toast to the guests with its new logo displayed at the LED wall, signifying its new page from its 25th anniversary. |
The 25th Anniversary Dinner of Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Limited (AEC Group) was held at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hong Kong on November 7, 2019. Nearly 300 prestigious guests from industry pioneers, business partners, friends from all walks of life, employees, and AEC Group’s long-cherished clients were invited to witness the glorious twenty-five years and look ahead a brighter and more sustainable future along with AEC Group.
"AEC Group was founded in 1994, when the number of employees was merely fewer than 10. However, the reasons why we could develop into a sizable company today are attributed to the adherence of our core values, including "put clients at the top priority", "value our employees" and "care for our environment". I believe the 25th Anniversary Dinner tonight shall be the best moment for us to look back at the history of AEC Group and look ahead the coming years”, said Ms Grace Kwok, Chairman and Executive Director of AEC Group at the dinner.
Accumulating Industry Experience and Achieving a Sustainable Future
In 1994, AEC Group embarked on their business as Allied Environmental Consultants Limited, which was mainly engaged in acoustics and environmental engineering services. Afterwards, they started to get involved in various green building projects spanning Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China, including the earliest batch of building projects certified by local and international green building assessment standards. In 2015, in view of the increasing demand of sustainable development and environmental, social and governance (ESG), AEC Group expanded to provide ESG reporting and consultancy services beyond construction projects for listed and non-listed companies. Later in October 2016, they successfully became the first sustainability and environmental consultancy in Hong Kong to be listed on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) under the name of AEC Group.
Over the past twenty-five years, AEC Group has been involved in over 1,700 development projects, which covered a great variety of buildings and facilities, including private and public housings, office buildings, data centers, academic buildings, government buildings, and infrastructure projects such as railway and district cooling systems. In recent years, its ESG consultancy footprint spans across over 10 industries in Greater China and across the continents. While striving for success in terms of business development, AEC Group has taken the initiative in joining industry and community events, in hopes of crossing with all sectors in realising United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and shaping a sustainable future.
Providing One-stop On-demand Services and Expanding Services Coverage
In order to cater to the ever-changing trend of the world, AEC Group has always been committed to exploring more diversified services. Currently, AEC Group strives to provide one-stop on-demand services for its clients covering five business areas, including Green and Healthy Building; Acoustics, Audiovisual, Lighting and Theatre Planning; Environmental Consultancy & Sustainable Design; Green Finance, Sustainability Strategies and ESG; and Smart & Green Internet of Things (IoT). In addition to expanding its business scope, AEC Group is also actively breaking its geographical boundaries to branch out its services coverage, with a view to bringing its sustainability and consultancy business to a broader level.
Walking Hand in Hand in Reaching New Heights
As a sustainability and environmental consultancy based in Hong Kong, AEC Group has been rooted in Hong Kong for twenty-five years, upholding the ideas of promoting social construction development and creating a sustainable future, in hopes of serving Hong Kong continuously in the future and benefiting the society. Twenty-five years of hard work has brought to fruitful harvest today, but AEC Group promises they will never stop here and wish to collaborate with different parties to cross the hands in building a more liveable and environmentally friendly city in the years to come.
1. Prof. Lam Kin-che, Independent Non-Executive Director of AEC Group, delivered his keynote speech at the beginning of the dinner.
2. Prof. Ir Dr James Wong, Honorable Advisor and Ms Grace Kwok, Chairman and Executive Director of AEC Group shared with the guests their unforgettable moments from their project experience among the 25 highlighted projects in the past quarter century.
Hong Kong Green Building Council celebrates its 10-year achievements in green building development and share a bright outlook on Hong Kong’s sustainable built environment
| Speech by The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam, The Chief Executive of the HKSAR |
2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Green Building Council. The Council and the Development Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region jointly hosted a cocktail reception at the Government House on 27 November 2019 with The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as Guest of Honour. The event was graced by over 100 distinguished guests from Hong Kong and overseas, the Council’s Founding Members and Board of Directors, representatives of Council’s Members including developers, construction companies, consultancies, as well as other stakeholders from professional institutions, public bodies and universities to celebrate 10-year achievements in green building development and share the outlook on Hong Kong’s sustainable built environment.
Mr Cheung Hau-wai, Chairman of Hong Kong Green Building Council offered heartfelt gratitude to the four Founding Members, as well as the staunch support from the government, especially the Development Bureau, which the Council has been working closely with for the past ten years. The Council will continue to promote the standards and developments of sustainable built environment, so as to improve wellbeing of the people in Hong Kong.
1. Speech by Mr Cheung Hau-wai, Chairman of the HKGBC
2. Speech by Ms Lisa Bate, Chair of the WorldGBC
3. The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam, The Chief Executive of the HKSAR (centre), Mr Michael Wong, Secretary for Development (2nd left), Mr Cheung Hau-wai, Chairman of the HKGBC (2nd right), Mr Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment (1st right) and Ir Lam Sai-hung, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) (1st left) officiated the toasting ceremony together.
4. After the toasting ceremony, The Hon Mrs Carrie Lam, The Chief Executive of the HKSAR, Mr Michael Wong, Secretary for Development, Mr Cheung Hau-wai, Chairman of the HKGBC, and Mr Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment, and other guests joined for photo together.
Green Building Award 2019 results announced and crowned projects and organisations demonstrated excellence in sustainable built environment
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| Mr Michael Wong, Secretary for Development (3rd right), Mr Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment (3rd left), Mr Cheung Hau-wai, Chairman of the HKGBC (2nd right), Ir Allan Chan, Chairman of GBA 2019 Organising Committee and Professional Green Building Council (2nd left), Mr Franklin Yu, Vice Chairman of GBA 2019 Organising Committee and Chairman of Scientific Committee (1st right), and Mr Joel Chan, Chairman of GBA 2019 Judging Criteria Committee (1st left), officiated the kick-off ceremony for GBA 2019. |
Green Building Award 2019 (GBA 2019) Award Presentation Dinner was successfully held on 5 November. Over 400 distinguished guests, including government representatives, developers, construction companies, consultants, property management companies, representatives from educational and professional institutions joined to celebrate this memorable occasion. The presence of our Guest of Honour, Mr Michael Wong, JP, Secretary for Development, Government of the HKSAR cum Honorary Advisor of GBA 2019 Jury Panel, together with Special VIP Guest Mr Wong Kam-sing, JP, Secretary for the Environment, Government of the HKSAR, commended the contribution made by leading stakeholders in the building industry.
Themed ‘Inspiring the Next Generation • Excellence in Sustainable Built Environment’, GBA 2019 received overwhelming response with a record-breaking of 89 entries, of which 67 projects became the Finalists to compete for the various Awards.
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| Guests posed for a photo to commemorate the moment! |
10 Grand Awards, 5 Green Building Leadership Pioneer Awards and 20 Merit Awards presented to private and public sectors were presented at the Award Dinner. This was the first time to introduce six sub-categories in the Pioneer Award of Green Building Leadership, including Developers, Contractors, Consultants, Facilities Management, Green Product Industry Business, as well as Government, Institutions & NGOs, with an aim to recognising companies or organisations which demonstrate exemplary leadership in respective areas. In addition, two projects were accredited with Special Citation on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which demonstrated their positive contribution to the sustainable development of the built environment. Our distinguished Jury Panel comprised of overseas and local building experts, as well as renowned academic and government representatives. Please check out here for the Award results!
Guests enjoyed a star-studded evening with excellent networking opportunity and shared the happiness of the winners. The two Organisers, Hong Kong Green Building Council and Professional Green Building Council would like to extend the heartfelt gratitude to all who made this edition another big success.
1. The project team of Grand Award project - ‘The Mills’ received the trophy and certificate from Mr Michael WONG, Secretary for Development.
2. ‘Victoria Dockside’ won Grand Award of ‘New Buildings - Completed Projects - Commercial Building’ and also the Special Citation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, presented by Mr WONG Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment.
Eco Expo Asia: Buy Green and Build Green
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| Ir Cary Chan, Executive Director of HKGBC shared the Memorandum of Co-operation on Retro-commissioning of Buildings in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in one of the Eco Asia Conference. |
Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, the 14th edition of the Eco Expo Asia took place during 30 October to 2 November, featuring some 300 exhibitors from 17 countries and regions.
The Council has again become one of the Supporting Organisations of the Expo, with a booth showcasing the 10-year achievements of HKGBC, the latest development of BEAM Plus assessment tool, as well as the newly unified “CIC Green Product Certification” scheme.
Another Expo highlight was the Eco Asia Conference, in which the Council co-organised one of the sessions on 1 November with the theme of "Retro-Commissioning for Green Buildings". Ir Cary Chan, Executive Director of HKGBC was there to share the Memorandum of Co-operation on Retro-commissioning of Buildings in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Around 100 participants joined the session to learn about the applications and real cases of retro-commissioning for green buildings.
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| The HKGBC team introduced the 10-year achievements of HKGBC and the latest development of BEAM Plus assessment tool at the official booth. |