Festival Walk is a mixed-use premier commercial complex. The building owner and the property manager endeavor to minimize environmental impacts by integrating eco-efficient initiatives throughout the years. Festival Walk achieved a 50% reduction in annual energy consumption and carbon emission as compared to 2000 level.

Our Commitment

At Festival Walk, we are committed to acting responsibly towards our environment, our people and the communities in which we operate. In addition to providing a healthy and safe environment for our shoppers and tenants, we also endeavor to reduce our environmental impact by integrating eco-efficient initiatives into our daily operations and processes. As proper waste management is crucial especially in Hong Kong due to rapidly filling landfill areas, we also recognise the importance of reducing, recycling and properly managing waste by putting in place a comprehensive waste management programme.

Unique Energy-saving Initiatives

• First mall to install a variable-air-volume air-conditioning system using cascade control logic in 2011, whilst maintaining stable and automatic temperature control
• Reduction in operating hours of electric heaters within air conditioning units at ‘Glacier’ ice skating rink
• Recommendation of optimum lighting levels for tenants
• Developed an energy management plan to establish a process of continuous improvements towards greater energy efficiency

First-of-its-kind Thermal Energy Recycling System

• 1st mall to direct thermal energy from the melting of ice from Festival Walk’s Glacier ice skating rink for air conditioning purposes of its office units, saving an estimated 43,827kWh of energy every year

Support for Local Government Initiatives

• Participation in the Energy Saving Charter
  • Commitment to maintaining an average indoor temperature between 24 – 26 °C during the months of June to September
• Support for the Charter on External Lighting
  • Switching off facade and external lighting during extended hours of 11 p.m. – 7 a.m. since 1 April 2016
• Support for the Food Waste Recycling Partnership Scheme
  • Transporting food waste to government’s organic waste treatment facilities
  • Encouraging tenants from food and beverage sector to support HKEPD’s efforts to reduce food waste

Water Conservation Initiatives

• Reclamation of water from sprinkler system back to sprinkler water tank
• Reclamation of bleed-off water from cooling towers for flushing
• Installation of water efficient taps that have been certified under the Hong Kong Government’s Voluntary Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (“WELS”)

Ensuring Indoor Environmental Quality

• Monitoring indoor air quality (“IAQ”) by conducting bi-weekly measurements of temperature and carbon dioxide levels in various locations within the building
• Employing an indoor air quality (“IAQ”) assessor to conduct annual certification assessments
• The air-conditioning equipment is maintained regularly, while the air filters are replaced or cleaned at regular intervals/based on pre-set parameters
• In recognition of its ongoing efforts to maintain clean air, Festival Walk achieved ‘Excellent Class’ for its office common area for the thirteenth consecutive year while the mall’s common areas were certified ‘Good Class’ for the eleventh consecutive year under the Hong Kong Government’s IAQ Certification Scheme

Waste Management

• An award-winning comprehensive waste management program
• Waste from office and retail tenants are collected at the building’s refuse storage chamber and the loading bay, where recyclable materials such as paper, aluminium cans, glass bottles, used cooking oil and food waste are segregated for further processing
• Festival Walk jointly launched Hong Kong’s first-ever plastic bottle recycling scheme in collaboration with Swire Coca-Cola HK, Octopus Cards Limited and the World Green Organization