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ENHANCING THE CITY’S LIVEABILITY
ON ALL FRONTS
INNOVATING FOR OUR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
Caring for the environment
27 projects attained BEAM Platinum/ BEAM Plus Platinum/BEAM Plus Gold Rating for their sustainable
building design
and sustainability
performance.
Building a smart city
The Urban Renewal Information System (URIS)
Accolade won: 2021 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award
Developed by the URA, URIS, a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based portal fed with more than 100 2D/3D datasets forming the basis of the digital twin, contains a suite of location intelligence tools to support URA’s implementation of data-driven urban renewal strategies, paving also the way for interfacing with Government’s Common Spatial Data Infrastructure to catalyse the development of smart city for Hong Kong.
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