Hong Kong Façade Association Limited

The Hong Kong Façade Association (HKFA) strive to connect, to align and to join hands together with different organizations and individuals in Hong Kong to incorporate the concept of sustainability into building design so as to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality to reduce the environmental impacts to nature and improving our quality of life.

Our organisation’s sustainability goals for 2025

Climate change is a mega challenge for the world, leading to various disasters such as heatwaves, floods and hurricanes. These climate-induced natural disasters have caused significant environmental, economic, social, and health consequences. It is now a consensus of the society that climate change must be stopped.
Carbon neutrality is expected to address climate change challenges, and its achievement requires the collective efforts of various industries and sectors. The building and construction sector is a big energy consumer and greenhouse gas emitter as they are responsible for 37% of the global energy-related emissions, demonstrating significant opportunities to achieve of carbon neutrality. Consequently, there is an urgent need to achieve net zero carbon performance in the built environment.
Green retrofit is the sustainable refurbishment of an existing building to make it more efficient, better for the environment and sustainable for the future. When it comes to building envelope retrofitting, improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is the key to reduce the carbon footprint. It usually involves installing better insulation, energy-efficient glazing, and more efficient lighting.
To further reduce carbon footprint, we can consider adding alternative energy sources for our power supply. Solar power is one of the renewable energy sources that heats and cools the indoor space and provides electricity. Installation of BIPV or solar panels on the roof of a building or incorporate them into the wall cladding of building facades is becoming increasingly affordable, and it is a great way to reduce the carbon footprint.