Hong Kong green buildings Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:31:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 The ZCB: Hong Kong’s First Zero Carbon Building is Powered by Solar Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-zcb-building-20130116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-zcb-building-20130116/#respond Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:31:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31534 Hong Kong has seen its very first zero carbon building, the ZCB. Ronald Lu & Partners designed the building using passive design techniques to ensure that energy use is reduced. With a natural ability to ventilate, a close-fitting thermal envelope, waste-to-energy biodiesel creation, a photovoltaic roof, rainwater collection, and advanced monitoring system the ZCB wastes […]

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