Photovoltaic panels are installed at Wanchai Tower to test the applicability of solar energy technologies in Hong Kong.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS
Our review for 2002 shall focus on EMSD's tangible achievements in energy efficiency, and on new initiatives in the E&M and gas regulatory framework.

Thanks to EEO's energy efficiency initiatives, we saved an estimated 1,310 Tera Joules of energy for Hong Kong this year, representing $330 million in monetary terms. We also estimate a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions - amounting to about 330,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

While we witnessed an upward trend in total energy consumption over the past decade, total energy end-use per dollar GDP has been

decreasing. In other words, we are using energy more productively and efficiently. Nonetheless, we must not be complacent.

The commercial sector accounts for a significant and growing share of total energy end-use, with commercial buildings being the sector's primary consumer. In view of this, we introduced the building energy codes and the energy efficiency registration scheme for buildings in 1998, providing a useful reference and benchmarks for architects and developers to design more energy-efficient buildings and to retrofit existing ones.

Mr K. W. Ho, JP

Our review for 2002 shall focus on EMSD's tangible achievements in energy efficiency, and on new initiatives in the E&M and gas regulatory framework.

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