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D
ESIGN TEAM
means the team of professionals engaged for the design and contract
administration of a fit-out interiors project. The team may comprise an
architect, interior designers, engineers (structural, civil, building
services, mechanical, electrical, fire), project manager, quantity
surveyor, environmental consultant, acoustic consultant, lighting
consultant, and BEAM consultant.
D
ESIGNED FOR
DISASSEMBLY
means construction material, or components which were specifically
designed to be dismantled and disassembled using non-specialist
tools for future reuse, recycling, or reprocessing.
D
EMOLITION
means destruction, dismantling of construction elements,
components, and materials, and removal from the
project space .D
IRECT EXPANSION
means a type of refrigeration equipment where the medium, usually
air, is cooled with direct contact with heat exchanger containing a
refrigerant (also abbreviated DX).
E
MBODIED ENERGY
The energy used during the entire life cycle of a product, including its
manufacture, transportation, and disposal, as well as the inherent
energy captured within the product itself.
E
NERGY SIMULATION
means a computer-generated models designed to represent the
anticipated energy consumption and trends in buildings or the project
space, providing a software platform to review and examine the
energy performance of different design and equipment scenarios.
E
NVIRONMENTALLY
M
ANUFACTURED
M
ATERIALS
Materials that are produced by manufacturer with a recognised
Environmental Management System (EMS) in place (such as ISO
14001:2004). The EMS shall help the manufacturer minimise how
their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment
(i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or land), comply with
applicable laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented
requirements, and continually improve in the above.
E
XEMPT
A
REA
means an area, not exceeding 20m
2
within the project space that
maybe excluded from assessment. The Applicant, upon payment of
the prescribed CIR charges, must apply to gain this concession from
BLS TRC.
E
XFILTRATION
means air leakage from the project space through cracks, interstices,
ceilings, floors, walls, and the building envelope (irrespective of
ownership)
E
XHAUST AIR
means vitiated air removed from the project space or building, then
discharged outside the building with mechanical systems.
FSC C
ERTIFICATION
means the independent certification system for timber products which
label timber that was harvested in a sustainable manner.
G
LOBAL
W
ARMING
P
OTENTIAL
means the comparative rating system for chemical compounds to
indicate the potential damage that a chemical compound has related
to one unit of carbon dioxide (a primary greenhouse gas).
G
REEN CLEANING
means a environmentally friendly cleansing system using lower
toxicity cleaning products and best practice to lower the
environmental impacts of cleansing activities. It also includes
handling, and disposal of waste resulting from cleansing activities;
H
ONG
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ONG
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REEN
B
UILDING
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OUNCIL
L
IMITED
means the industry body established in 2009 to coordinate efforts
towards green building in Hong Kong. HKGBC certifies BEAM Plus
projects, and accredits BEAM Professionals