To align with Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050’s call for green planning and developing carbon neutral community and to address climate change, San Tin Technopole would adopt SGR initiatives proposed under the following three aspects:
(a)
Planning and urban design (include 15-minute neighbourhood, blue-green network, breezeways aligning with prevailing wind directions, maximising greenery, etc.);
(b)
SGR infrastructure system (include floodable landscape with flood attenuation facilities, district cooling system, effluent polishing plant and food waste pre-treatment facilities, common utility enclosure, water reclamation facilities, etc.); and
(c)
Smart and sustainable mobility with green transport modes (include railway as backbone of sustainable transport, comprehensive pedestrian and cycling network, provision of transport interchange hub/public transport interchange, charging facilities for electric vehicles, green fuel stations, etc.).