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Carbon Performance Disclosure 2023-24

  1. Background Information
Bureau / Department Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Reporting Period From (DD/MM/YYYY) to (DD/MM/YYYY) 01/01/2023 – 31/03/2024 (12 months within this period)
Total No. of Major Buildings[1] 135
Total Floor Area[2] (m2)  2 124 771.75
Total No. of Employees[3] About 8 400
Category of Building(s) 
(please tick the appropriate box(es))		 ◻ Health facilities  🗹 Office type buildings  
◻ Venues managed by disciplined services departments
🗹 Recreational or cultural buildings/venues/ facilities
◻ Schools and educational buildings  
🗹 Others, please specify: NGO Social Services Centre, Stadium, Market and Cooked Food Centre

 

  1. Scope of Reporting
Total Greenhouse Gas (GHG)Emissions[4] 174 751.2
 Tonnes of CO2 -e

 

  1. GHG Reduction Measures[5] Implemented in the Reporting Period
Energy saving
  • Minimised lighting and cooling at offices and venues by using high-efficiency lighting systems and renewable energy, taking advantage of natural light, separating the lighting and air-conditioning controls in different zones and areas, and installing occupancy sensors.
  • Maintained only lighting which were essential for safety, security or other specific purposes in areas that were infrequently occupied and switched off the lights for facilities without booking or left idle.
  • Used photocell control in some leisure and performance venues to automatically control the light in response to the intensity of the natural light, and controlled the lighting at some parks, playgrounds and performance venues by using astronomical time switches that switch it on and off according to sunset and sunrise times.
  • Adopted renewable energy technologies for electricity consumption with a view to raising the energy‑saving performance.
Vehicles
  • Gradually replaced conventional departmental vehicles with environmental-friendly vehicles.
Paper saving
  • Promoted “reduce, reuse and recycle” for saving paper and about 77% of the paper consumed was recycled paper.
  • Installed digital screens/electronic monitors to replace conventional foam boards or paper posters for programme promotion in most of the performance venues and some museums.
  • Issued some notices to library users through emails or library mobile app on smart phones, and publicised programmes and collected feedback from cultural venue users via electronic means.
Water saving
  • Stepped up site inspections of irrigation systems to prevent water leakage, used spray nozzles for irrigation to reduce water loss from the soil surface and planted drought-tolerant species in suitable locations.
  • Regulated outflow of water taps and replaced them with timer-taps in offices and venues as far as possible.
Recycling activities
  • Adopted environmental-friendly materials, used recyclable and reusable office stationery, placed umbrella dryers and umbrella racks at various venues and ceased to distribute plastic umbrella bags on rainy days in all leisure and cultural venues.
  • Promoted “Bring Your Own Bottle” culture and installed water dispensers/fountains in some leisure and cultural venues.
Staff engagement
  • Regularly circulated circulars and good practices in paper saving, energy saving, waste avoidance and reduction, and improving air quality to staff.
  • Regularly reminded colleagues to choose energy efficient products in line with the mandatory Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme under the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance or the Voluntary Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme and for procurement of the prescribed products (i.e. room air-conditioners, refrigerating appliances and compact fluorescent lamps), only those with Grade 1 energy label should be chosen.
Housekeeping measures
  • Generally maintained the Government’s recommended office room temperature of 25.5°C.
  • Conducted annual performance review to monitor the adoption of green measures and waste reduction practices by sections/offices.

Others
  • Signed the Food Wise Charter under the Food Wise Hong Kong Campaign and encouraged those catering service contractors operating in our leisure/cultural venues to reduce food waste.
  • Participated in the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Certification Scheme and engaged accredited IAQ Certificate Issuing Body to carry out regular IAQ inspection for LCSD venues/facilities served by central air-conditioning systems wherever practicable.
  • Took part in the “Earth Hour 2023” lights out campaign organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

 

  1. On-grid Renewable Energy (RE) System Installed in the Major Buildings
Type(s) of System
(e.g. Solar PV, Wind Turbine) 		Nil  
Annual Electricity Generated by RE System Nil kWh
Reduction in GHG Emissions Nil Tonnes of CO2 –e

 

[1] “Major Buildings” refer to buildings with annual electricity consumption over 500 000 kilowatt hour (kWh).

[2] “Total Floor Area” refers to the sum of floor areas of “Major Buildings”.

[3] “Total No. of Employees” refer to those working in the “Major Buildings”.

[4] “Total GHG Emissions” refer to the sum of Scopes 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions.

[5] The categories of GHG reduction measures suggested here (e.g. energy saving, paper saving etc.) are for B&Ds’ reference.