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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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Kelcroft E&M Limited is a Hong Kong based built environment consultant, our expertise helps your organisation lower operating costs from project concept through implementation to final completion.................click here to learn more about Kelcroft



2010

20 August 2010 - Energy Audit lessons learnt....... click here to learn more

6 July 2010 - BEAM Professional award ceremony ..... click here to learn more.


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2 April 2010 -
Our Director Mr John 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.



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



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?)

green building image hong kong

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


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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 chair 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.

HAESCO conference John Herbert, director Mr John Herbert presented Building Energy Efficiency.




8 August 2008 - An article by John Herbert on the topic of Green Roof Solutions

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20 June 2008 - Climate Change Conference - John Herbert presents : sustainable industry

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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. 

HAESCO director John Herbert

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

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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 rules

July 2006 - Datacenter outage

24 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.

director john herbert energy efficiency expert conference speaker

3 May 2006 - 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 II

Cogeneration (2 page PDF)



2004

Sick Building Syndrome Solutions

PRD Power Crisis

Indoor Air Quality

An article about Thermal and Ice Storage Systems - John Herbert, Director Kelcroft



2003

Independent & Value added

May 2003 - SARS entered the global vocabulary this year, here is a link to Kelcroft's SARS Drainage Report (1MB PDF)

John Herbert's blog