The Hong Kong Jockey Club is committed towards sustainability by implementing the energy conservation, environmental protection and other related programs. The relevant measures and plans are briefly summarized in below.
Property / Facilities Related Measures and Programs
- Established the Environmental Management Policy
- Developing carbon care sustainability awareness through the inter-departmental Environmental Ambassadors
- Conducted carbon audit for Jockey Club Headquarters and plan to conduct a more comprehensive scale of carbon audit for all other critical premises for identifying the carbon footprint
- Completed the Gap Analysis for LEED Certification for JCHQ
- Conducting a clubwide energy audit for entire portfolio of club premises
- Plan to conduct IAQ survey for JCHQ and OCBs
- Completed emissions study for Olympic Game
- Conducting staff communication via intranet and meeting for promoting green ideas and initiatives
- Adopted central fresh water-cooled chiller plant for chiller retrofit and replacement projects
- Conducting chiller plant optimization control by means of aggressive chilled water temperature reset control and late start/early stop of chillers in mild and winter season
- Use of building management system to automate the controls of facilities and to schedule chiller running based on equipment efficiency monitoring
- Adopting comprehensive metering system to monitor the running efficiency of all intensive energy consuming facilities and areas
- Use of heat pump system for pre-heating the domestic hot water
- Demand ventilation control by means of monitoring of indoor carbon dioxide level throughout club premises
- Implementing those energy conservative measures as identified from energy audits
- Daylight harvesting for lift lobbies in our office premises by photocell control and delamping
- Customized the lighting control zones to reduce the energy consumption for lightings in extended service hours in headquarters
- Use of motion detector control in meeting / conference rooms and executive rooms for room temperature setback control and automatic switch off of lightings
- Implement replacement of all incandescent lamps to energy efficient type compact fluorescent lamps
- Adopt LED technology and advanced lighting control technology in future office renovation project
- Replace conventional EXIT sign to LED type
- Adopt direct digital control for fan coil unit system in JCHQ for remote temperature monitoring and setback controls
- Installing the digital type thermostat to automate fan speed of fan coil units in meeting / conference rooms and executive rooms
- Conduct modernization program for all existing lift installations with consideration of latest energy standard
- Rainwater recycling for toilet flushing purpose in Happy Valley racecourse
- Conduct major retrofitting works with consideration of energy standard and requirements stipulated in EMSD Code of Practices or other relevant standards
- Provided recycling bins for consumable goods and rechargeable batteries