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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1993

WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO REINFORCE CIVIL SERVANTS' COMMITMENT TO THE PLEDGES PROGRAMME," SHE SAID.

SOME 16 DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY PUBLISHED THEIR FIRST PLEDGES SINCE THE PROGRAMME WAS INTRODUCED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

MRS CHAN SAID SOME 18 MORE WOULD DO SO BY ABOUT SEPTEMBER.

THE TARGET IS FOR THE REMAINING 14 DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC TO PUBLISH THEIR FIRST PLEDGES BY ABOUT MID-1994, SHE SAID.

"COMMITMENT OF STAFF AT ALL LEVELS IS KEY TO THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF PLEDGES.

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"EACH DEPARTMENT FULLY BRIEFS AND INVOLVES ITS STAFF AS ITS PLEDGE IS DEVELOPED, SHE SAID.

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ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSIDERED IN GOVT BUILDING DESIGNS

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ENERGY CONSERVATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS DESIGNING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR APPROPRIATE CONTROL OF THERMAL TRANSMITTANCES THROUGH THE ENVELOPE OF BUILDINGS, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLY ING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHRISTINE LOH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR BLAKE SAID AS EARLY AS 1983, THE THEN ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE PUBLISHED A BOOKLET TITLED "ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS", WHICH WAS REVISED AND REPRINTED IN 1989 AND ISSUED ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND MAINTENANCE SURVEYORS.

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THE BUILDING DESIGN RECOMMENDED BY THE BOOKLET CONSIDERED THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE RATHER THAN ONLY LOOKING AT A SINGLE PARAMETER OF THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE VALUES (U-VALUE),

IN 1991, THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ISSUED AN INFORMATION PAPER ON OVERALL THERMAL TRANSFER VALUE (OTTV) AND ENERGY CONSERVATION TO GIVE AN UPDATED GUIDELINE TO THE DESIGN TEAMS FOR THE. HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH THE BUILDING ENVELOPE AS A WHOLE.

"THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPER IS ΤΟ COVER ENERGY CONSUMPTION EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS IN TERM OF LAYOUT, ENVELOPE DETAILS AND MATERIALS.

"THE CALCULATION OF OTTV'S AND THEIR RECURRING COST IMPLICATIONS ARE INCLUDED, AND BUILDING DESIGNERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE, MR BLAKE SAID.

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/MR BLAKI