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improving environmental compatibility with the neighbourhood.
The amenity features identified includes:
provisions for air-conditioning installations;
security gates;
counters, kiosks, offices, stores, guard rooms, lavatories for building
management staff;
logistics service room;
mail room;
horizontal screens;
recreational facilities; and
satellite dishes.
G
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To protect and improve the built and natural environment, the Buildings
Department (BD), the Lands Department (LandsD) and the Planning
Department (PlanD) promote the construction of green and innovative
buildings. The objective is to encourage the design and construction of
buildings that encompass the following features:
(a) Adopting a holistic life cycle approach to planning, design,
construction and maintenance;
(b) Maximizing the use of natural renewable resources and
recycled/green building material;
(c) Minimizing the consumption of energy, particularly in those non-
renewable types; and
(d) Reducing construction and demolition waste.
Joint Practice Note No. 1 [ 2 ] sets out the incentives provided to
encourage the incorporation of certain features in building development,
including:
balconies;
wider common corridors and lift lobbies;
communal sky gardens; and
communal podium gardens.
Criteria and conditions for exempting the above green features are listed
in the JPN.
Joint Practice Note No. 2 [3] includes:
mail delivery rooms with mailboxes; and
communal sky gardens for non-residential buildings.
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PNAP No. APP-132 [4] describes the factors that the Building Authority
may take into account in considering applications for flexibility in
determining site coverage and open space to facilitate innovative design.
PNAP No. APP-108 [5] sets out the general guidelines on proposals to
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Buildings Department, Land Department, Planning Department. Joint Practice Note No. 1. Green and Innovative Buildings.
http://www.info.gov.hk/bd/english/documents/joint/JPN01.pdf3
Buildings Department, Land Department, Planning Department. Joint Practice Note No. 2. Second Package of Incentives
to Promote Green and Innovative Buildings
. http://www.info.gov.hk/bd/english/documents/joint/JPN02.pdf4
Buildings Department. Practice Note for Authorized Persons, Registered Structural Engineers and Registered
Geotechnical Engineers, PNAP No. APP-132 Site Coverage and Open Space Provision.
http://www.bd.gov.hk/english/documents/pnap/APP/APP132.pdf5
Buildings Department. Practice Note for Authorized Persons, Registered Structural Engineers and Registered
Geotechnical Engineers, PNAP No. APP-108 Dedication of Land/Area for Use as Public Passage.
http://www.bd.gov.hk/english/documents/pnap/APP/APP108.pdf