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R
EGISTRATION
The first step in seeking BEAM Plus certification, upon application
and payment of the published fee, Applicants can apply to register
their project online using the HKGBC website
http://www.hkgbc.org.hkR
EGISTERED
P
ROJECT
means a project that has been registered and listed in the HKGBC
project database for public information.
R
EUSE
means material(s) that can be used again, with the same function as
the original usage.
S
UBMISSIONS
D
OCUMENTS
means documentation provided for assessment, including but not
limited to, submission templates, drawings, sketches, specifications,
data sheets, catalogues, certificates,
record photographs ,reports,
logbooks, or contracts, as detail in this manual and any
supplementary information as requested.
S
USTAINABLE FORESTRY
PRODUCT
means timber or timber product sourced from sustainable forestry
land participating in an independently assessed sustainable forest
management programme.
T
ECHNICAL
R
EVIEW
C
OMMITTEE
means the BEAM Technical Review Committee (also known as BSL
TRC) or other nominated BEAM committee who shall be responsible
to review, adjudicate, and approve BEAM Plus Interiors projects, with
certification undertaken by HKGBC.
The BSL TRC also oversees the implementation and progress
monitoring of BEAM Plus assessments, resolves technical issues,
and responds to Credit Interpretation Request (CIR).
T
EMPORARY
W
ORK
means all temporary work, including but not limited to, enabling
works, temporary protection works, temporary protection erected
between different phases of the works or other occupants, temporary
protection erected for walls, doors, finishes, cabinets, partitions,
equipment, lifts, escalators, and the like, temporary protection applied
for floors, flooring, and carpets, temporary hoardings, and including all
temporary doors, supports, bracing, cross bracing, fixings, trimming,
hangers, and the like, whether located inside or outside the project
space.
U
NITARY AIR
CONDITIONING UNIT
Refer to decentralised air conditioning system
V
ARIABLE REFRIGERANT
FLOW
means unitary air-conditioner with a variable refrigerant volume flow
feature, where modulating refrigerant flow adjusts the cooling capacity
serving the conditioned space.
V
ARIABLE SPEED DRIVE
means an electronic motor control device (also known as VSD) that is
used to start and control the speed of an electric motor.
W
ALL
means a full height structure normally extending from the structural
floor to soffit and erected using masonry, including stone, concrete
blocks, or brickwork although other materials are sometimes
employed. Normally treated as builder’s work involving wet trades and
erected before commencement of finishing work.
There is potentially a high rate of reuse for the individual masonry
units forming such an assembly.
Similar walls are also cast out using reinforced concrete, and normally
form the separation between individual units or between individual
unit and host building.
Partitionsand Walls are terms that are often used interchangeably, in
this Manual, each is separately defined.