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This page provides occasional news, reports, articles and reports regarding Kelcroft, and the built environment in Asia region.
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2012
6 January 2012 - Legionella SeminarKelcroft has arranged a technical meeting, our director John A. Herbert will talk about Legionella Prevention in buildings on 13th January 2012 ........click here to register
4 January 2012 - Kelcroft's John A. Herbert was interviewed by the South China Morning Post in connection with Legionella in Hong Kong and published on 4th January 2012. (To enlarge click on image).
The new Government HQ building in Tamar was opened in August 2011, and
staff have been moving into the new facility. Both Legislators and
civil service unions have expressed concern for staff safety.
Kelcroft's John Herbert said "No details of this LD case, other than
the brief media reports have been issued"
2 January 2012
- The SCMP
and other newpaper report that further tests have revealed Legionella
positive results at the Hong Kong Government's HK5.5 Bln flagship HQ
building at
Tamar. Education chief Micheal Suen contract legionnaires disease from
the new building in december 2011, and the government is now conducted
further testing of the water systems in the building.
2011
28 November 2011 - Kelcroft's director John A. Herbert was honored speaker at ecoexpoasia 2011. The technical seminar was focused on green buildings and John presented the audience with his thoughts and ideas for planning green buildings. "Too often the consultant is approached late in the day" Herbert said. The seminar was sponsored by Bank of China.
John provided his top five tips
for planning green buildings .......click to
download a copy of the presentation slides
(1.7 MB - PDF)
16 November 2011 - Kelcroft's director John A. Herbert participated in the InnoAsia 2011 conference at Hotel Icon in Hong Kong.
The technology panel focus was slated as the Energy Efficiency Technology Forum titled “How much can be saved?”
”There are too many commentators that talk about energy efficiency” Herbert said. His goal, to put some meat on the bones, with real world examples. The technical panel and audience debated the issues, and John provided examples of savings found in practice. Experience coupled with unending attention to detail reveals energy management opportunities.
4 March 2011 - A unique opportunity for all the stateholders including architects, engineers, developers and building owners to express your ideas to improve green building.................click here to learn more
27 January 2011 - Director Mr John Herbert will teach the Understanding and Implementing energy Management Systems ISO 50001 and BS 16001 on 21st February 2011, at the Innocentre, Hong Kong.......click here to learn more
2010
4 October 2010 - Insurers, insurance companies or loss adjusters find the need to call Kelcroft for expert assistance to help interpret complex engineering claims...........click here to read more20 August 2010 - Kelcroft conducts energy audits and assessments in Asia for organisations looking to lower energy costs and also gain environmental benefits, energy auditing buildings provides a lesson for every organisation CEO and manager, what can you learn....... click here for more
6 July 2010 - Director Mr John Herbert is one of the first BEAM Professionals in Hong Kong, he has been helping train Hong Kong's first batch of BEAM Green Building professionals. To mark this special occasion the HKGBC and BEAM Society held the inaugural BEAM Professional award ceremony ..... click here to learn more.
2 April 2010 - Our Director Mr John A. Herbert was appointed as a member of the BEAM (formerly HK-BEAM) Faculty. The BEAM faculty consists of Hong Kong's leading green building expertise and prepared the BEAM Professional training and examination. ......click here to learn more about green building consultancy in Hong Kong
14 January 2010 - What is BIM? BIM means Building Information Management, a hot topic in industry. Many years ago CAD crept into the built environment lexicon, now BIM is starting the same journey. To learn more about BIM for construction building management, BIM training and how it will effect you ......click here to learn more about BIM
20 January 2010 - It's important to stay in touch with the international energy sector and energy management standards, and our Director Mr John Herbert attended BS16001 Energy Management: Saving Cost and Energy training course on 20 January 2010 (refer to above certificate).
2009
23 November 2009 - What is green building? A simple question? some suggested answers (link to Kelcroft article by John Herbert what is green building?)20 November 2009 - Director John Herbert, a member of the BEAM society attended the conference and launch of Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) (www.hkgbc.org.hk). The latest version of BEAM tool, BEAM Plus was also released to coincide with this event.
15 October 2009 - Today, the 32nd recorded case of Legionnaires Disease was reported by CHP (link to CHP report)
31 August 2009 - The Chinese media covers the CHP Hong Kong reporting that the number of cases of the potentially fatal Legionnaires' Disease cases so far this year (Jan - August 2009) is already more than double the number of cases in 2008........ read more about Legionella
29 May 2009 - The South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com) interviewed Director John Herbert on the topic of green building. In case you missed it here is a link to the article (A3 size, PDF)
25 March 2009 - Kelcroft is pleased to announce that Director John Herbert was elected HAESCO Vice Chairman and accepted chairman of the HAESCO Membership committee.
13 February 2009 - Kelcroft is appointed Cleaner Production service provider for CP3 programme in PRD, China CP3 directory:
http://www.cleanerproduction.hk/en/ET_list_08E0107.asp
20 January 2009 - Director John Herbert's has a blog focused on the green building and energy efficiency sectors here is the link http://johnherbert.hk or subscribe to the RSS feed http://johnherbert.hk/feed
2008
5 September 2008
- The Hong Kong Association of Energy Services Companies (HAESCO) held
its first energy efficiency conference on 5 sept. 2008. As a
leading expert in the industry, our director Mr John Herbert presented
on the topic of Building Energy Efficiency. The event, held at HKPC
building Hong Kong, had more than 250 delegates attending to hear the
news and views speakers including EMSD, Hong Kong and overseas experts.
8 August 2008 - An article by John Herbert on the topic of Green Roof Solutions
20 June 2008 - Climate Change Conference - John Herbert presents : sustainable industry
6 June 2008 - Hong Kong CDM better late than never
12 January 2008 - The Hong Kong Association of Energy Services Companies Limited (HAESCO) was launched on 12 January 2008. Kelcroft's Director Mr John Herbert, a founding director of HAESCO, officiated the Inauguration Ceremony held at the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong.
It was an honor to introduce US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mr David Bohigian was our guest of honor to announce the official launch of HAESCO (www.haesco.hk). The event coincided with the US energy trade mission to Hong Kong.
2007
Aug 2007 - Energy conservation is possible
July 2007 - Another long hot summer as electrical power shortage causes power outages again this year in South China (Pearl River Delta)
January 2007 - The latest edition of the HKBEAM newsletter has an article by Director John Herbert on the subject of Energy Efficient Cooling Tower operation (Energy Efficient Cooling Towers published by HKBEAM PDF format)
2006
26 Dec 2006 - An Asia wide Internet outage is a stark reminder of data centre golden rules24 May 2006 - Kelcroft's founder and director Mr John Herbert appeared as an energy expert at the Building Services Professional Energy Efficiency conference held 24th May 2006 at the Marriott hotel, Hong Kong. The event was a resounding success, as a result the organizers have decided to organize an annual event.
3 May 2006
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Kelcroft's director Mr John Herbert's article regarding green building
was published in the South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com) Green
Building terms (PDF A3, 1
page, published by SCMP)
2005
PRD power crisis IICogeneration (2 page PDF)
2004
Sick Building Syndrome SolutionsPRD Power Crisis
Indoor Air Quality
An article about Thermal and Ice Storage Systems - John Herbert, Director Kelcroft