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Incorporating ‘Smart Building’ Concepts
The URA is keen to incorporate ‘Smart Building’ concepts into its development projects covering five aspects, namely Design, Information, Environment, Convenience and Management. Smart buildings will create smart and vibrant living conducive to the development of a ‘Smart City’ in Hong Kong. Smart features such as home energy and water consumption systems, home health and wellness systems, smart displays, home waste management systems, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and building management systems have been adopted in various URA projects.
Creating Liveable Environment with ‘Digital Twin’ Technology
To support our district-based and people-centric urban renewal approach, the URA pressed on with the development of the Urban Renewal Information System (URIS), a Geographic Information System-based platform which allows central data storage and data exchange across internal divisions while also serving as a portal for the collection of external data. Specifically, it enables the creation of digital twins of the built environment to support the analysis of geographical and environmental data and provide simulation of micro-climates. With a better understanding of the built environment and the potential impact of our urban renewal initiatives, the URA could make swift and precise planning decisions to ensure the creation of a more liveable environment for the community.
Through the creation of digital twins, URIS allows more effective property transaction analysis (above) and traffic noise impact simulation (below).
The URA will continue to enhance the functions of URIS. It is anticipated that the development of URIS may augment the development of the common spatial data infrastructure by the Government and enhance data sharing with Government departments. The appointed consultant commenced the system development in the third quarter of 2019, and ten ‘4Rs’ task- specific applications have been developed and rolled out successfully by March 2021. The system development work will be completed in 2021/22.
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