The Hong Kong Council for Testing
and Certification (HKCTC) and Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) co-organized
a seminar named “Testing and Certification for Environmental Excellence” held on
18th Dec 2017. With
increasing awareness of the importance of environmental protection, many
enterprises and organizations had put in place green management and energy
conservation measures. This seminar
aimed to introduce how testing and certification services could help improve
the environment and enhance energy efficiency for buildings, facilities and
offices. I met Mr. Dominic Lam (CEO,
CMATCL) and he was the first speaker. We
took a photo for memory.
Before the seminar, all guest speakers took a group photo for memory.
The first speaker was Mr. Dominic
Lam (Chairman, Hong Kong Indoor Air Quality Association) and his presentation
entitled “Indoor Air Quality Control for Offices and Facilities”. Firstly, he briefed IAQ parameters included
Physical (Air Temp, RH and Air Movement), Biological (Airborne Bacteria) and
Chemical (CO2, CO, RPS, TVOC, NO2, O3, HCHO and Rn) parameters.
Then Mr. Lam briefed the concept of “Thermal Comfort” which related to engineering measures for air condition control. For Physical parameters, poor thermal comfort was caused by improper air-conditioning set-points and ineffective supply air distribution.
For Chemical parameters, high CO2
was caused by inadequate fresh air supply, overcrowding and improper
ventilation; VOCs & HCHO from building materials and adhesives; RSP was
from dusty outdoor, tobacco smoking and clothes fibers; and other parameters
with different sources.
After that Mr. Lam discussed some
new IAQ parameters included Mould Inspection and individual VOCs (not TVOCs)
and they were Benzene, Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, Naphthalene and
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Finally, Mr. Dominic Lam
introduced some association in China and Taiwan for indoor air quality. They had regularly technical seminar for
exchange technologies and ideas. He told
us that IAQ was mandatory in Taiwan and Korea.
The second speaker was Ms. Kacila
Leung (Technical Consultant, Enviro Labs Limited) and her topic named “Improve Water
Quality in Our Daily Lives by Testing Services”. Firstly, she mentioned that most of the
contaminants in water were not easily visible such as Bacteria (e.g. E. coli
and Legionella pneumophila) and Heavy metals (e.g. Pb).
Then Ms. Leung stated WHO
guideline for Drinking Water Quality that contained 92 parameters. Moreover, 19 parameters was non-WHO which
added by Water Supply Department.
There were three areas of analysis
for Fresh Water in Buildings and they were Chemical, Bacteriological and
Physical.
New requirement for plumbing
works were also mentioned. The
additional parameters in Chemical Sectors were Copper & Antimony; in
Bacteriological was Heterotrophic Plate Count; and in Physical was Free
Residual Chlorine.
Finally, she shared some case
studies included Iron rust in tap water; total coliform was detected while E. coil
was not. The following diagram showed
the relationship between Total Coliform and E. coil.
Last example related swimming pools and its water testing and regulation was Cap. 132CA.
The third speaker was Dr. Daria
Wong (Senior Accreditation Officer, HKAS) and her presentation topic was “Choosing
Quality Testing and Certification Services”.
Firstly, she briefed the benefit of Testing and Certification, as well
as, value of Accreditation.
Benefits of accreditation were identified competent service and reliable result from it. Therefore, the impact of “Wrong Results” would be reduced. Following diagram showed the relationship among products/servies, Laboratories/Inspection & Certification Bodies, and Accreditation Bodies.
Finally, Dr. Wong shared the
information about number of accredited organizations related to environmental
services.
The first part Q&A, people asked how to measure and improve their factor IAQ and water quality.
During the tea break, I met my junior
classmate in AP, CityU Ir. Roy Sin (Quality and Audit Manager, Lee Kee Group)
and we took a photo for memory.
Ms. Meico Cheong (Assistant
General Manager, HKQAA) and her topic entitled “Environment Certification and
Verification: How to Support Enterprise’s Improvement and Growth”. Firstly, she introduced HKQAA background and
then briefed the trends of environment management. She observed CEDD, HK Concrete Institute and
Labour Department requested certification service which were related to
environmental such as QSPSCTM, QSPS-TA, QSPS-AC and F&IU(SM)R,
etc.
After that she introduced the
model of ISO 50001:2011 “Energy Management System”.
ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
was also highlighted. Those GHG included
CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs and SF6, etc.
All GHG gases would converse into a single unit: CO2 equivalent. There were five ISO 14064 principles and they
were “Relevance”, “Completeness”, “Consistency”, “Accuracy” and “Transparency”. The framework for ISO 14064 GHG standard was
showed as following diagram.
Finally, she explained the
different between Validation and Verification. In simply speaking, she said Verification
was concern the past but Validation was considered the future.
The last speaker was Mr. Joseph
Tong (Manager, Sustainability Management, Fuji Xerox (Hong Kong) Limited) and
his presentation named “Experience Sharing: Achieve Greening and Energy
Conservation through Certification”.
Firstly, he introduced Fuji Xerox’s Commitment as follows:
1.
Aims to achieve a 30% reduction in the volume of CO2 emitted across the
entire product lifecycle (Scope 1,2,3) compared to FY2014 by FY2031.
2.
Committed to the Science Based Targets initiative, which is to keep
global temperature increase below 2 oC compared to pre-industrial
temperatures.
Then he introduced their 360o
of sustainability which involved Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Equipment in use
and End of life disposal. They governed
sustainability performance with international standards included ISO
14001:2015, ISO 50001:2011, FSC Chain of Custody Certification and 5S
Certification. He said they were the
first one transferred to ISO 14001:2015 certification.
After that Mr. Tong shared their implementation steps to achieve ISO certifications.
Some energy saving initiatives
were introduced during implementation of ISO 50001 and they were Lighting
upgrade, regular computer-off checking, automatic light off at lunchtime,
change from desktop to notebook, etc. After
that they created an award-winning platform to manage the ESG compliance
elements and extended to their customers.
At the end, Mr. Tong briefed
their sustainability milestones and introduced their slogan “Green Makes the
Difference” to us.
In the second part Q&A, many
people asked questions about GHG and how to implement ISO 50001.
Reference:
HKAS
- http://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/about.htm
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