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HKU Architecture Gallery Exhibition Promotes Sustainable Practices
The HKU Architecture Gallery recently hosted the exhibition "Bricking Up with Carbon: Investigating Local Artificial Geologies," showcasing the innovative work of three graduating architecture students—Isaac Tang, Kim Chan, and Nicholas Cheung. This exhibition centred on sustainability and addressed the pressing issue of construction waste in Hong Kong, which constitutes approximately 70% of the city's total waste.
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KE Excellence Award and HKU Innovator Award 2023
The university-level KE Excellence Award was introduced in 2015-16 to recognise the significant impact that our academic staff had made to benefit society. The KE Excellence Award 2023 was awarded to Professor Chao Ren of the Faculty of Architecture, and team member – Professor Yuguo Liof the Faculty of Engineering .
The HKU Innovator Award was introduced in 2020-21 to recognise outstanding Faculty members whose innovations demonstrate exceptionally high potential impact (legacy or projected legacy) with transformative results to foster development. The HKU Innovator Award was awarded to Professor Hongzhe Sun of the Faculty of Sciencee respectively.
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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023
The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2023 Faculty KE Awards are now available.
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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2022
The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2022 Faculty KE Awards are now available.
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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2020
The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2020 Faculty KE Awards are now available.
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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2019
The annual Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Awards recognise each Faculty’s outstanding KE accomplishment that has made demonstrable economic, social or cultural impacts to benefit the community, business/industry, or partner organisations. Results of the 2019 Faculty KE Awards are now available.
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HKU-led research team calls for establishing a Waste Trade Organisation for construction waste materials in GBA
A research team led by HKU Department of Real Estate and Construction Associate Professor Dr Wilson Lu and comprising experts from HK and Mainland universities, has proposed forming a Waste Trade Organisation (WTO) in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to trade and share construction waste materials to achieve zero waste in the long term. The team’s preliminary recommendations including establishing a GBA-level information sharing platform to allow real time construction waste demand and supply exchange, using ‘green labels’ to qualify construction waste as sharable, and using policy options such as taxation and subsidy to encourage cross-region sharing.
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