European Stage

Green City: Hong Kong Towards a Smart and Sustainable City by 2050 – Challenges and Opportunities

Day 1 : 11:40 – 12:10

Full Programme
European Stage

This will be a panel discussion about Green City on the European Stage.
It will consist of Professor Lapman Lee (Polytechnic University), Bert Bulthuis (Studio SITEC) and James Wong (Arcadis) where they will discuss their view on Green City:
Hong Kong towards a smart and sustainable city by 2050 – challenges and opportunities.

Green City also featured in the Hong Kong 2024/2025 Budget:
– $200 million earmarked for commencing trials of hydrogen fuel cell electric double-deck buses and heavy vehicles.
– Set aside $350 million for subsidising in-harbour ferry operators to construct and test electric ferries and related charging facilities.
– Put in place a 100% guarantee loan scheme for the taxi trade as an incentive to switch to battery electric taxis.
– An additional $62 million for food waste collection to cover more premises, and extending the food waste collection trial scheme for public rental housing estates.

Learnings

  • Green and Smart buildings and construction.
  • Green and Smart transport.

Post-event Actions

  • How can you make Hong Kong a greener and smart city?

Speakers

Bert Bulthuis

Studio Sitec

Founder & Principal Architect

STUDIO SITEC is an architectural practice that works across the fields of architecture, interior design and urban planning.

The studio is led by founder and principal architect Bert Bulthuis who holds a

Bachelor degree in Building Science and a Master degree in Architecture. He founded his architectural firm in The Netherlands in 1993 and established a new branch to expand on his Dutch building philosophy, in Hong Kong in 2012. Collectively, he and his team have designed and realized over 200 buildings, interiors and urban developments across the two practices, employing and collaborating with many talented architects, engineers and designers along the way.

STUDIO SITEC‘s design specialties include: mixed use developments, housing projects for special needs groups, environmentally-friendly buildings, housing for private clients, the redevelopment of historical buildings, museums and temples.

Speaking at:

Day 2

Towards a Sustainable Future for Cities; Innovations from The Netherlands

James Wong

Arcadis

Associate Director

James is the Associate Director of Arcadis, he leads the Infrastructure Strategy and Policy Advisory Team and Sustainability Team through Arcadis core service capabilities. He has been working with global strategy firms and help leadership in formulating policies and strategies for industry transformation, operational improvement, and achieving sustainability targets.

James holds expertise in sustainable construction, green materials and technologies, and decarbonisation strategy. He developed embodied carbon auditing frameworks based on relevant international standards and helped launch a carbon labelling scheme for certifying low-carbon construction materials. He also led a team to conduct embodied carbon assessment and formulate decarbonisation strategies for new builds and fit-out projects in HK and China. He was a member of Task Force on GHG Validation and Verification of the Hong Kong Accreditation Service of the Innovation and Technology Commission.

As a pioneer in modern methods of construction (MMC), James has taken prominent initiatives in promoting modularisation, automation and digitalisation in construction. His specialty further lies in data analytics and econometric modelling.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

– formulate roadmap for construction site electrification and clean energy adoption
– launch digital tool for embodied carbon assessment
– set up net zero carbon hub

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