HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong Supporting Government Bureaux Supporting Government Departments Supporting Organisations Supporting Organisations Supporting Organisations Supporting Organisations Supporting Organisations HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool for Commercial Buildings (HK BESTCOM) is an online benchmarking tool to promote energy efficiency for commericial  in Hong Kong
Key Facts

Buildings are responsible for over 90% of electricity consumption in Hong Kong and account for more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions

HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool - Commercial Buildings (Office/Retail) is developed by Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited as a part of the HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool (HK BEST) Series.

Objective

The objective of the HKGBC Benchmarking and Energy Saving Tool - Commercial Buildings (Office/Retail) is to promote better energy performance for commercial buildings by:

  1. Providing an online tool for the building owners to measure and compare their energy consumption to their market peers and to identify potential energy improvement measures to enhance performance;
  2. Giving an appropriate class of recognition to  which have achieved outstanding energy performance amongst their market peers while accounting for variations in energy consumption across different building types through the issuance of Certificate and Label.
HK BESTCOM offers
  1. Free Benchmarking Tool
    • Free for general public
    • Rate the general energy performance of commercial buildings
  2. Recognition Scheme
    • Provide detailed assessment of building energy performance by Authorised Assessor
    • Obtain specific energy efficiency improvement recommendations via “What-If” assessment
    • “What-If” assessment provides building owners with quantified improvement estimations in different aspects of building operational performance, revealing potential reduction in operation cost
    • Award of certificate based on building energy performance