We always strive for functional solutions and advancement in fulfilling our mission to provide sustainable housing to our residents. We will continue to incorporate appropriate sustainability principles into our operations. Our efforts will be continued in 2009/10. Through achieving various targets, we endeavour to continuously improve our sustainability performance.
Our engagement to sustainability development does not end on when targeted goals are met. We constantly challenge ourselves to ensure that our performances are getting better each and every year.
To achieve these, we have set our targets in 2009/10 as follows:
| Awareness Raising Targets |
| Enhance community awareness on environmental protection by launching campaigns to promote waste reduction and recycling in Public Rental Housing (PRH) estates and joint programmes with green groups and Estate Management Advisory Committees (EMACs), including distributing environmental publicity materials to tenants. |
| Collaborate with green groups to conduct environmental awareness programme in PRH estates. |
| Review and monitor environmental awareness of Housing Authority (HA) staff by reviewing the need for in-house telephone surveys and enhancing general awareness by undertaking training and improving communication strategies. |
| Review and monitor environmental awareness in Public Rental Housing (PRH) estates by reviewing the need for surveys and providing the results to the related sections for necessary improvements. |
| Promote green management initiatives in PRH estates by joining the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence - Sectional Awards (Property Management). |
| Promote environmental awareness in Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) estates by liaising with Property Services Agents (PSAs) to organise activities for residents in HOS courts and by referring environmental messages from the Environmental Protection Department to PSAs. |
| Increase residents' awareness and support of greening by organising tree planting days in selected estates. |
| Enhance staff environmental awareness and knowledge by soliciting and analysing training needs, organising seminars, displaying of environmental issues at HA Headquarters and providing environmental messages on the e-Learning Portal. |
| Greening and Landscaping Targets |
| Promote a green environment in the PRH estates with EMACs support through the provision of green activities in estates. |
| Enhance greening in PRH estates by allocating open areas in selected estates for setting up thematic gardens. |
| Provide green treatments (e.g. hydro-seeding and tree planting) on newly formed slopes. |
| Upgrade the existing landscape in selected PRH estates by improving soft landscaping through Landscape Improvement Programme. |
| Improve the slope appearance in existing PRH estates by providing green treatments on hard surfaced slopes and improving on the existing vegetated slopes. Also, chunam surfaces will be improved through hydro-seeding stone pitching and toe planters. |
| Add new vegetation and promote greening in new PRH estates to meet the minimum target of one tree per 15 PRH flats. Conduct tree surveys to ensure that this is met. |
| Noise Mitigation Targets |
| Reduce noise nuisance from water pumps in PRH estates by replacing 3 000 rpm water pumps with the quieter 1 500 rpm water pumps. |
| Waste Management Targets |
| Implement Programme on Source Separation of Domestic Waste in all estates by phases. |
| Collect waste paper in Housing Department (HD) offices and implement various initiatives to encourage paper recycling. |
| Use environmentally-friendly paper in printing of all publicity materials by implementing its use as a pre-requisite in all printing jobs. |
| Promote waste reduction through various publicity campaigns with the aim to reduce generation of domestic waste. |
| Reduce A3 and A4 paper consumption in HD offices by performing various initiatives to reduce paper consumption. |
| Increase domestic waste recovery rate for paper, aluminium cans, plastic bottles and used clothes by arranging publicity activities such as Waste Recycling Credit Scheme or through the Green Delight in Estates. |
| Energy Efficiency Targets |
| Promote application of more energy efficient equipment by completing and monitoring a trial LED lighting system at Lam Tin Phase 7 & 8. |
| Reduce electricity consumption of landlord services installation in new domestic blocks by adopting Building Energy Codes and obtaining energy certificates for completed projects. |
| Reduce energy consumption of office premises by performing various energy saving initiatives. |
| Promote application of green design for building services equipment by completing and monitoring the trial PV Panel system at Lam Tin Phase 7 & 8. |
| Water Conservation Targets |
| Continue to reduce water consumption at HA Headquarters by performing water saving initiatives as appropriate. |
| Reduce flushing water consumption by conducting trial schemes in new projects and conducting performance reviews. |
| Reduce potable water consumption for installations under landlord control in PRH estates by using self-stopping water taps and conducting replumbing programmes to minimise wastage of water from pipe bursting and leakage as well as studying the feasibility of using rainwater for irrigation and general cleaning. |
| Material Usage and Management Targets |
| Further abate the remaining asbestos-containing materials in our existing properties by implementing asbestos abatement programme through estate redevelopment programme and asbestos removal works. |
| Use softwood timber doors in PRH estates. |
| Social Targets |
| Continue to actively work with relevant stakeholders to promote better understanding of HA policies and initiatives through different publicity channels. |
| Continue implementation of the Marking Scheme in all PRH estates and factories to enhance the living and factory environment. |
| Conduct various initiatives for our staff for example activities organised by the HA Staff Club, active communications with staff and obtain their feedbacks to enhance operational effectiveness. |
| Safety Targets |
| Incorporate safety pledge with commitment to site safety through listing requirements of service providers. |
| Tighten control measures for high-risk operations on site. |
| Continue to partner with industry stakeholders in territory-wide safety campaigns and publicity. |
| Improve safety of office operations with potential health and safety risks. |
| Continue to tighten monitoring of contractors with high accident rates. |
| Continue to hold regular seminars on best safety practices with the participation of contractors and project teams. |
| Continue to provide safety training to our staff. |
| Strength physical and management measures for tower crane operations. |
| Prepare best practice promotion kit for tower crane lighting. |
| Enhance the 'Pay for Safety, Environment and Hygiene' scheme with more performance driven initiatives for site safety. |
| Develop a Site Safety Portal with site safety information and multi-media materials. |
| Continue to issue best practice circulars to contractors, service providers and frontline staff. |
| Economic Performance Targets |
| Continue on assessment of older estates and enhance their preventive maintenance and restoration. |
| Conduct tenancy control and education campaigns with an aim to reduce abuse of housing resources. |
| Implementing the new rent adjustment mechanism. |
| Continue to minimise the vacancy of PRH estates. |
