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Names: Cheng, Vincent S., author. | Tong, Jimmy C., author.
Title: Building sustainability in East Asia : policy, design, and people / Vincent S. Cheng, Jimmy C. Tong.
Description: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016051176 (print) | LCCN 2017010814 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119277002 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119276982 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119277026 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Sustainable construction–East Asia. | Sustainable buildings–East Asia. | Sustainable urban development–East Asia.
Classification: LCC TH880 .C464 2017 (print) | LCC TH880 (ebook) | DDC 338.95/07–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016051176
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Dr. Vincent S Cheng is the Director of Building Sustainability Group of Arup at East Asia. He has professional experience in building energy efficiency and sustainable building environment design and government consultation studies, including Taiwan EPA’s Low Zero Carbon Pilot Project, CEPAS of Buildings Department, Life Cycle Assessment Tool and Air Ventilation Assessment. Dr. Cheng also specializes in sustainable master planning, low/zero carbon design, and LEED & BEAM Plus certification. He is a director of Hong Kong Green Building Council and also a member in the advisory committee of School of Energy and Environment, the City University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Jimmy C Tong is East Asia Energy Skill Leader and an Associate at Arup at East Asia focusing on Building Sustainability. A recognised industry leader within the energy business, Dr. Tong has applied his expertise in energy systems in various sectors, including wind and renewable energy, infrastructure and building services, and product and system development in the manufacturing of electronics, ventilation equipment, and filtration equipment. He obtained a PhD specialising in computational fluid flow and heat transfer from the University of Minnesota. He is also a guest lecturer at several universities in Hong Kong on the subject of energy and sustainability and co‐authored book publication and book chapters and publications in archival, refereed journals.
The current pace and scale of urbanisation is unprecedented in human history, presenting critical environmental and resource constraint challenges. This demands urgent solutions and actions that lead to a low carbon and sustainable outcome.
We need to make cities better in the developed economies, by retrofitting buildings and infrastructure, and we need to make better new cities in the developing economies. Many cities in East Asia have been undergoing rapid development in recent years whilst trying to meet the challenges. The experience plays an important role in global urban transformation as, if done right, sustainable Asian cities can serve as models for other emerging cities around the world.
The authors have for many years been researching the issues involved, developing tools and solutions, and designing many projects of different scales at different locations. In this book, they combine their practice of advanced engineering techniques with their passion to shape a greener and better Asia, offering a holistic approach of urban sustainability that is also reality‐tested. From green buildings to smart city development, this book provides strategies on how different aspects and parameters of urban sustainability are linked and interact with each other. It is not only the procedural practice from the government and industry that are important for change, but also the focus on bringing people together to find common solutions that can effectively drive urban transformation. The authors spell out the importance for governments around Asia to provide leadership for sustainable growth, as well as the need for design solutions from individual buildings to district level integration to a smart city as a system. Lastly, the people‐focused approach envisions sustainable communities and individual comfort that can be achieved by behavioural change, driven by trends toward low‐carbon living.
It is therefore my pleasure to recommend this book to policymakers, built‐environment industry practitioners, community‐building professionals, and more generally, those who want to see green and liveable cities. It is my greatest wish that the sustainability practices outlined in this book can accelerate mindset changes and enable the green culture to become second nature, so that cities in Asia become more desirable places in which to live and work.