The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has a pledge to develop, with its business partners, HKIA at Chek Lap Kok as one of the world’s greenest airports.  For contribution to delivery of the HKIA’s greenest airport pledge, the green airport design process for the T2 Expansion commenced early at the 3RS project’s scheme design stage, with the undertaking of benchmarking studies, including review of existing green design practices at HKIA and overseas airports, and evaluation of sustainable design initiatives.   These initiatives have been further studied during the project’s detailed design stage before the final set of measures have been identified for implementation during both the construction and operation phases of the project.

AAHK has targeted to achieve, where practicable, the highest possible rating in the BEAM Plus assessment and relevant green measures have been incorporated into the design of the T2 Expansion project.  Yet, given the special functional, security and operational needs of a typical passenger building that is located within an operating airport, it was recognized that there are certain specific BEAM Plus credit requirements that cannot be directly applied to the project in a typical or straightforward sense.  For example, there are significant constraints associated with the design and provision of external planting areas as part of the project, when bird control is vital for operational safety at HKIA.  Therefore, AA had decided to adopt BEAM Plus Bespoke assessment route designed by the BEAM Society for special building types when it was first launched in 2016.  It is understood that the project is the first BEAM Plus Bespoke project that has been registered and completed the Provisional Assessment in Hong Kong.