The BEAM Society Limited (BSL) has procured an Assessment Automation System in March 2020 to streamline our business processes. In order to gather more industry feedback to strengthen the System practicality, the 1st online Stakeholder Engagement Workshop was held on 10 June 2020. A condensed workshop video is currently available on YouTube in Cantonese Version / English Version. Throughout the System development period, there will be other rounds of Stakeholder Engagement Workshop to gather more voices from the industry to enhance our System.
BEAM Practitioners are encouraged to complete the Questionnaire for the Workshop on or before 15 July 2020. 0.5 CPD hours will be awarded upon completion.
The BSL has introduced the updated version of submission template or "e-Form” into the assessment practice for BEAM Plus New Buildings v1.2. The e-Form is a set of standardised submission template aiming to provide the Applicants with the standardised guidance to prepare the assessment deliverables for the BEAM Plus assessment. The CPD course for Guidance on the Usage of Updated Submission Template is available on the BSL's Online Training Portal in bilingual versions.
The 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BSL
The 9th AGM of BSL is re-scheduled for Thursday, 6 August 2020 at 7:00pm at Auditorium, G/F, Jockey Club Environmental Building, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. Notice of meeting will be issued to all Ordinary Members in due course.
To support your uninterrupted learning despite COVID-19, special discount rates are offered on our CPD training. The discounted fee is available till 30 September 2020. Keep learning and earn CPD hours at home 24/7 now!
Creating a Healthy Built Environment in Times of COVID-19
22 May 2020
Dr Calvin Luk, Project Manager of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Mr Tim Lo, Senior Project Assessor of the BSL explored different health and well-being challenges emerging in times of COVID-19.
Applying Health and Well-being Measures in Building Portfolios in Times of COVID-19
11 June 2020
Ms Gladys So, Sustainability Manager of K11 Concepts Limited and Mr Tim Lo, Senior Project Assessor of the BSL shared with the audience on the management practices, information disclosure and resilience measures that have been introduced to ensure that the building portfolios are health and well for occupants and how the application of BEAM Plus enhanced the health and well-being features on buildings in different aspects.
Sharing Session on the Assessment Criteria of Timber Related Products under BEAM Plus Assessment Tools (co-organised with Hong Kong & Kowloon Timber Merchants Association Limited [“HKTMA”])
17 June 2020
Mr Joe Ng, Chairman of HKTMA and Ms Yvonne Ieong, Materials and Waste Aspects Panel Chairperson of the BSL illustrated the timber usage over these years in Hong Kong and explained the existing as well as new timber-related requirements set out under the latest BEAM Plus Assessment Tools.
