Following the Administration's initiative on the First Sustainable Development Strategy for Hong Kong, the Buildings Department commissioned Ronald Lu and Partners (Hong Kong) Ltd. to undertake a study on Building Design that Supports Sustainable Urban Living Space in Hong Kong.
The Administration has solicited views of the public and the industry on the key recommendations of the study through the Public Engagement Process on Building Design to Foster a Quality and Sustainable Built Environment conducted by the Council for Sustainable Development (SDC). In response to the SDC's report on the public engagement exercise published in June 2010, the Buildings Department has issued 15 new and revised Practice Notes to the industry in January 2011 to promulgate detailed requirements and guidelines for the granting of gross floor area concessions for green and amenity features as well as for implementing sustainable building designs which cover the provision of a building separation, building set back and site coverage of greenery in new private developments.