| I&T Solution |
City-scale Buildings Energy Infomap & Data Analytics Platform
(REF: S-2064) |
| Trial Project |
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| Solution Feature |
- Interactive 3D Visualization: The platform features a high-performance browser-based 3D map of over 150,000 Hong Kong buildings. Users can drill down into building details, energy simulations, and compliance status via a user-friendly interface.
- Authoritative Data Source: Built on scalable architecture with automated pipelines, the tool ensures continuous updates. It sources geometric data directly from the GovHK CSDI Portal, guaranteeing authoritative accuracy that evolves alongside the city.
- Advanced Policy Simulation: The GeoBEM engine enables city-scale modeling for scenario-based decisions. It quantifies the impact of future energy code revisions prior to legislation, providing crucial data for evidence-based policy planning.
- Economic and Carbon Analysis: Supporting the Carbon Neutrality 2050 goal, the system performs building-scale economic payback analysis. This allows stakeholders to effectively assess the financial viability of various energy conservation measures and retrofit scenarios.
- Integrated Analytics and Compliance: Dashboards feature automated API updates to analyze retrofits like chillers and PV. A unique "compliance radar" identifies buildings needing energy audits based on 10-year cycles, interfacing seamlessly with EMSD databases.
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| Trial Application and Expected Outcome |
- Validating Automated Data Integration: We validate the integration of GIS, weather, and statutory datasets via automated APIs. This consolidates complex information, reduces manual processing, and establishes a sustainable digital asset serving as robust long-term infrastructure.
- Proving Platform Scalability: We validate platform scalability by generating preliminary 3D visualizations for over 150,000 buildings. This proves operational readiness for city-scale application, confirming the system’s performance as a reliable, government-owned decision-support tool.
- Assessing Policy Impacts: We deploy the simulation engine to quantify policy scenarios for energy code revisions. This provides policymakers with evidence-based data to assess legislative impacts, validating the simulation's predictive accuracy against government datasets.
- Analyzing Economic Feasibility: By conducting district-scale economic payback analyses for Energy Conservation Measures, we demonstrate the R&D's practical value. This enables stakeholders to accurately evaluate financial feasibility for retrofitting projects and accelerates energy-saving strategy adoption.
- Refining via Pilot Deployment: We will execute a one-year pilot deployment to collect user feedback on dashboard interactivity. This real-world testing refines the web service, ensuring the final R&D product is user-friendly, optimized, and ready for widespread adoption.
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| Additional Solution Information |
Proposal_REF W-0596.pdf
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| Info on I&T Solution Provider |
| Solution Provider | : | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | | Address | : | Room 3564, Academic Building, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong | | Contact Person | : | Zhe WANG |
| Position | : | Associate Professor, Deputy Director of HKUST Smart City Institute | | Tel | : | 2358 8753 | | Email | : |
cezhewang@ust.hk | | Webpage | : | https://walterzwang.github.io/ |
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