Ng Yuk-hang, SCMP - Updated on Dec 26, 2008
Two windmills on the roof of a grey building in Marsh Road, Causeway Bay, might not mean much to the casual observer but they are clues to the unique character of what Hongkong Electric calls the “first green substation in Hong Kong”.
The Marsh Road substation, which came […]
Posts under ‘Energy Saving’
Substation Uses 15pc Less Power With Roof Garden, Sun And Wind
On Other Matters …
SCMP - Updated on Dec 17, 2008
I refer to the letter by E. Delannoy (Talkback, December 9), criticising the MTR Corporation’s strategy on saving energy. He asked why it was “shutting down a number of escalators in stations at certain hours”, but still keeping the air conditioning at cold temperatures inside its carriages [from Tung […]
Degrees of Comfort
SCMP - Updated on Dec 12, 2008
Of the government’s initiatives to get us to be more environmentally responsible, perhaps the most effective has been the one espousing that office air conditioners be set at 25.5 degrees Celsius. It is a number many people seem to be aware of, as a quick straw poll proved. Whether […]
Energy Law Shows Way To Combat Global Warming
David Chan - SCMP | Updated on Nov 05, 2008
On October 1, National Day, an important piece of legislation known as the Civil Energy Act came into effect.
The law has six chapters and 45 articles detailing the country’s vision of how to deal with the effect of global warming. There are chapters on energy savings […]
Urban Jungle - This Week: Recycling
Dr Eric Lai - SCMP | Updated on Oct 31, 2008
Paper exporters are reported to be cutting their intake of recycled paper and drastically reducing the price they pay to collectors. This has spelled trouble for those in the various tiers of the paper recycling sector. From the scavengers to the companies that collect from […]
Cinderella Industries Await Their Prince
Potentially Lucrative Projects Devoted To Clean, Renewable Energy Languish For Want Of Financing
Eric Ng - SCMP | Updated on Oct 27, 2008
The United States’ property bust and the subsequent global credit crunch have many investors fretting that the mainland’s economic miracle is coming to an end. Yet, amid the gloom and doom, renewable energy, energy […]
Companies Look For Short Payback Period When Investing In Green Projects
Eric Ng - SCMP | Updated on Oct 27, 2008
Energy conservation and pollution reduction are industries that have been around for decades, but their fastest growth could well lie ahead given the mainland’s status as the world’s factory and rising pressure for it to get its act together on sustainable development.
Manufacturers can either install the […]
Winning Toy Designer Reinvents Light Bulb
Peter So - SCMP | Updated on Oct 25, 2008
An environmentally friendly “sticker lamp” as thin as a magazine cover has won a local toy designer a top award in the Seoul Design Competition - Hong Kong’s first and only winner in the contest.
Keikko Lee Wing-lam, 26, came up with the idea of a lamp […]
Should There Be Laws To Control Light Pollution?
SCMP | Updated on Oct 25, 2008
You see neon lights all over Hong Kong. It does not matter where you are - Mong Kok, Central or Causeway Bay - you cannot escape them.
These neon [and other kinds of] lights sometimes illuminate advertising billboards and your attention is drawn to the product being promoted. But they […]
Hong Kong Night Light Pollution Under The Spotlight
James Pomfret - Reuters | Wed Oct 22, 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong may be known as the Pearl of the Orient for its bright-light, big-city allure, but the ubiquitous practice of keeping neon signs and buildings blazing all night has come under growing fire from green groups.
One of the world’s most densely built-up […]
