Jerman Cheung
East Asia Press Office,Hong Kong
Arup’s retro-commissioning work on TKO Plaza has received the ‘Project of the Year – Retrofit building’ award at the CIBSE Hong Kong Awards 2023, recognising our expertise in existing asset decarbonisation and leadership in sustainable development.
TKO Plaza, opened in 2004, is a prominent retail property of Nan Fung Group with a total mall area of around 34,910m². Embracing science-based targets initiatives (SBTi), the Group appointed Arup as the consultant to set corporate BST and lead TKO Plaza’s retro-commissioning.
Arup played a crucial role in establishing a carbon inventory and reviewing the performance of the Group’s portfolio, leading to strategic decarbonisation targets. For TKO Plaza specifically, we provided energy performance analysis during the retro-commissioning. This involved site investigation and trend-log data analysis to identify opportunities for operational improvement and energy management. With digital twin simulation and on-site measurement, project teams were able to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed measures, including the performance of environmental quality and carbon emissions.
This data-driven, collaborative corporate-asset approach has successfully steered TKO Plaza’s daily operations towards carbon neutrality – achieving a reduction of over 25% in energy use following retro-commissioning processes in 2018 and 2022.
