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Getting started to go green
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Quick Start Menu to go green
Stage 2: Design stage
Choosing the shopping mall
• Choose a shopping mall that is close to the public transportation system such as
the Mass Transit Railway or a bus terminus.
• Talk to the shopping mall owner/facility manager to ask for the provision of
shuttle bus services where public transportation is not nearby.
Note:
Convenient public transportation will reduce trips by private vehicles, thus
reducing traffic congestion at the mall as well as associated customer frustration.
• Where parking for customer is provided:
Ask the shopping mall owner/facility manger whether parking spaces for electric
vehicles as well as a charging facility for electric vehicles are provided.
Natural ventilation vs. mechanical ventilation
and air-conditioning
• Considerations for natural ventilation:
1) Review the functional and commercial needs of the shop spaces.
2) When renting or purchasing a shop space, select a shop space where there are
external windows or doors or ventilation louvers which provide the option for
the shop space to use natural ventilation when the weather allows it in order to
reduce energy use and costs.
• Where air-conditioning is used:
1) Check with the shopping mall owner or facility manager whether the
shopping mall is using an energy efficient air-conditioning system
(e.g. a water-cooled system for central air-conditioning).
2) Check with the shopping mall owner or facility manager whether they have
supported the Hong Kong Energy Charter launched by the Government.
It is important for shop tenants to adopt and support the Hong Kong Energy
Charter by setting the air-conditioning temperature to the standard required by
the Hong Kong Energy Charter.
3) Check with the shopping mall owner or facility manager whether the shopping
mall provides the individual tenant with sub-metering of air-conditioning usage
so that shop tenants can track energy use. In this way, shop tenants can identify
operational changes that may reduce energy use.
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More details will be discussed
in:
Neighbourhood
Connectivity and transport
interface
Amenities for shopping
malls and shop spaces
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More details will be discussed
in:
Heating, ventilation and
air-conditioning (HVAC)
Special topics
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