Hong Kong Housing Authority Housing Conference 24-25 November 1999: better homes in the next millennium
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Citation
Building journal Hong Kong China, Oct, 1999, pp. 38-71
Abstract
The imminent arrival of the new millennium has been a boon for the conference industry as various congresses, seminars and exhibitions are being organised by different groups to review past performance and explore the way forward. The Housing Conference (held Nov 24-25 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition centre) organised by the Housing Authority (HA) is one such event but more than that at the same time.
(1) Models of housing for older people in Europe and the United States
(a) The ability to provide accommodation for older people that can be designed and managed to cope with their changing physical and cognitive needs, throughout the ageing process, will form the agenda for the next millennium. Instead of providing instituitons for the elderly, sensitive designs combined with appropriate care management structures are essential for the creation of responsive and supportive environments for people as they age.
(b) Future care provisions
(2) Our homes and our environment: ready to be "beam'ed"?
(a) Over the past three years, property developers and owners in Hong Kong have been "beam-ing" their office developments. Residential properties are next in line for environmental certificaiton to HK-BEAM. Kevin Edmunds of the Centre of Environmental Technology, Ltd (CET) explains the new residential HK-BEAM scheme.
(b) Introducing HK-BEAM for new residential buildings
(c) A walk-through the assessment process
(d) Planning
(e) Design
(f) Construction
(g) Use and deconstruction
(h) Keeping hold of the credits
(i) Meanwhile, back at the office…
(j) On the road to sustainability?
(k) About the author
(l) The issues addressed
(3) Hong Kong Housing Conference (24-25 November 1999) "Better homes in the next millennium" Programme
(4) HKHA projects
(a) Tung Chung Area 10 - Fu Tung Estate and Yu Tung Court
(b) Un Chau Street Estate
(c) Redevelopment of Wang Tau Hom Estate Phase 12 and the Hong Kong Housing Authority Customer Service Centre
(d) Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre
Description
Building Type(s): Flats (apartments)
Type
Article
Format
Date
1999
Language
en