JOURNEY TO INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019
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Data Summary

Data Summary

Environmental Performance

Resources Usage – Energy

 

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Energy used at QGO and APB Centre

Electricity consumed

kWh/m2

196

200

208

217

219

CO2 emission equivalent to electricity consumption

Tonnes CO2-e

3,489

3,553

3,664

3,840

3,817

Energy saved by projects

Estimated energy saved due to energy efficient installations[1]

GWh

0.76[2]

4.44

5.74

5.16

0.79[2]

Equivalent monetary savings[3]

HK$ million

0.91[2]

5.33

6.89

6.19

0.95[2]

Avoided CO2 emissions[1]

Kilo Tonnes CO2-e

0.53[2]

3.11

4.02

3.61

0.55[2]

  • [1] Energy efficient features refer to energy saving installation for air-conditioning systems, lighting systems, hot water systems, lift & escalator systems, building energy management system and renewable energy technologies.
  • [2] The nature of the completed projects (i.e. parks, open spaces, promenade, aqua privies, radar station, school and staff quarters etc.) in 2014 and 2018 did not warrant significant energy saving in term of BS installations.
  • [3] The electricity tariff is assumed to be HK$ 1.2 per kWh from 2014 onward.

Resource Usage – Fuel

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Fuel consumption by ArchSD's pool cars

Litre

14,686

12,626

12,656

13,071

12,800

GHG emission equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars[4]

Tonnes CO2-e

39.8

34.2

34.3

35.4

34.7

Resource Usage – Office Materials

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

A4 paper consumption

Reams

16,136

16,947

18,082

18,169

18,485

A3 paper consumption

Reams

1,124

1,020

1,169

1,171

1,118

Envelop consumption

No.

29,718

37,615

35,672

42,883

44,084

Waste Management in Programme Areas of Facilities Development and Upkeeping

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Construction & demolition materials

C&D waste disposed of to landfills

Tonnes

57,571

44,891

36,775

46,822

37,593

C&D materials disposed of to public fill areas

Tonnes

679,910

518,946

543,054

693,029

604,238

Recyclable waste collected at APB Centre 

Waste paper

kg

12,094

15,579

15,717

15,932

19,522

Aluminium

No.

1,985

2,050

1,676

1,631

4,918

Environmental Convictions of Contractors

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Convictions per 100,000 man-hours

ArchSD sites
(HK sites)

0.032

(0.192)

0.034

(0.216)

0.122

(0.191)

0[5]
(0.25)

0.35
(0.275)

Monetary value of significant fines

HK$

25,000

5,000

100,000

0[5]

227,000

  • [5] In 2015, most of the on-site projects were in the final stages of the construction, hence environmental impacts to the neighbourhood were manageable and contented.

Environmental Expenditure

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Resources devoted to environmental works[6]

HK$ million

1,506.8

1,101.3

568.4

639.3

761.6

Percentage of annual expenditure

%

12.8

9.7

6.3

7.3

10.9

  • [6] Resources devoted to environmental works included the expenditures on environmental nature projects and associated personal emoluments and departmental charges, staff's environmental training and works on maintaining environmental management system.

Social Performance[7]

Staff

 

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Staff establishment (as at 31 December of the year)

No.

1,907

1,859

1,835

1,814

1,810

  • [7] Staff data is extracted from the records kept in the personnel section.

Staff Establishment Breakdown

Directorate grade staff

%

2

Professional grade staff

%

26

Technical grade staff

%

22

Site supervisory staff

%

30

General grade staff

%

20

By Employment Type[8]

Full-time

%

99.1

Part-time

%

0.9 

By Employment Contract 

Permanent (male)

%

62.8

Permanent (female)

%

31.3

Contract (male)

%

3.7 

Contract (female)

%

2.2 

By Age (as at 31 March 2019)

Age under 30

%

14

Age 30-49

%

48

Age 50 or above

%

38

By Ethnicity  

Local

%

100

Non-local

%

0

By Gender  

Male

%

67

Female

%

33

  • [8] The full-time and part-time staff have been included this year for better reflection of the actual staff breakdown.

Staff Training

 

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

No. of training courses (including internal and external seminars/ workshops/ training courses/ visits)

No.

417

412

366

374

287

Numbers of trainees

No.

8,068

7,488

8,302

6,961

6,619

Training Hours Breakdown[9]

Type of Staff

Total Training Hours Received (hours)

Training Hours Per Staff (hours)

Directorate grade staff

1,414

34

Professional grade staff

18,146

38

Technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff

22,312

17

Total

41,872

22

  • [9] As there is no distinct requirement regarding receiving training in terms of gender, we do not report the data broken down by gender.

Anti-corruption Training

Staff Turnover

Male

Female

Age under 30

1.4% (27)

0.3% (5)

Age 30-50

1.9% (36)

0.7% (13)

Age 51-55

0.2% (3)

0% (0)

Age 56-60

4.7% (87)

0.8% (15)

New Employee Hires

 

Male

Female

Age under 30

3.8% (70)

1.3% (24)

Age 30-50

4.0% (74)

1.4% (26)

Age 51-55

0.2% (4)

0.1% (2)

Age 56-60

0% (0)

0% (0)

Occupational Health and Safety Management System

 

Number of all employees and workers[10]

Percentage of all employees and workers[10]

Covered by the system

117

5.9%

Covered by the system that has been internally audited

117

5.9%

Covered by the system that has been audited or certified by an external party

117

5.9%

Staff Injury

 

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

Staff injury cases[11]

No.

1
(Male: 1)

2
(Male: 1, Female: 1)

5
(Male: 4, Female: 1)

4

4

Staff sick leave granted for staff injury cases

Days

9.5

14.5

168.5

50

174

  • [11] The definition of staff injury cases is the reported cases of occupational injuries, under Employee's Compensation Ordinance, resulting in death or incapacity for work over 3 days.

Contractor's Accident Rate

 

Units

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

No. of fatalities[12] (ArchSD)

No.

0

1

(Male:1,

Female:0)

2
(Male:2,
Female:0)

0

1
(Male:1,
Female:0)

Fatal accident rate[12] (ArchSD)

per 100,000 man-hours

0

0.003

0.007

0

0.004

Fatal accident rate[13] (Hong Kong Construction Industry)

per 100,000 man-hours

0.003

0.005

0.003 

0.006

0.007

No. of non-fatal accidents[12] (ArchSD)

No.

133
(Male: 120, Female: 13)

96
(Male: 90, Female: 6)[12]

70
(Male: 64, Female: 6)

98

80

Non-fatal accident rate[12] (ArchSD)

per 100,000 man-hours

0.36

0.29[12]

0.26

0.34

0.30

Non-fatal accident rate[13] (Hong Kong Construction Industry)

per 100,000 man-hours

0.88

0.91

0.96 

1.08

1.16

  • [12] Data of 2018 and the previous years was extracted from PWP Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics System (PCSES) of DEVB as at 17 May 2019. In 2017, the number of non-fatal accidents (ArchSD) and the non-fatal accident rate (ArchSD) were adjusted.
  • [13] The accident rate of the Hong Kong Construction Industry is based on the published statistics of the Labour Department and using a conversion of 1.67 accidents per 100,000 man-hours equivalent to 60 accidents per 1,000 workers per year.
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