Kindly please be informed that Addendum No. EAC01 to EAC 2012 of the Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance have been released by the Energy Efficiency Office of Electrical and Mechanical Services Department.

The Addendum is to clarify the technical criteria under which exemption from the energy audit requirement of the Ordinance may be granted for the composite buildings. For detail , please refer to the following email from EMSD.

Please also be reminded that the first batch of buildings (Completed on or after 1988) that require energy audit is due to be completed on or before 20 September 2013.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please be informed that Addendum No. EAC01 to the Code of Practice for Building Energy Audit (Energy Audit Code, EAC) 2012 Edition under the Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (Cap. 610) has been promulgated in Government Notice No. G.N. 4659 published in the Gazette on 9 August 2013 (copy attached: GN4659_Chi_Addendum EAC01.pdf and GN4659_Eng_Addendum EAC01.pdf) pursuant to section 40 of the Ordinance. The relevant Addendum is also attached herewith for perusal (copy attached: EAC_addendum no. 1.pdf and EAC_addendum no. 1(Chi).pdf). It takes effect on 9 August 2013.

The Addendum is to clarify the technical criteria under which exemption from the energy audit requirement of the Ordinance may be granted for the composite buildings. To suit this Addendum to the EAC, another Addendum No. TG-EAC01 to the Technical Guidelines on Code of Practice for Building Energy Audit (TG-EAC) 2012 Edition has also been issued at the meantime (copy attached: TG-EAC_addendum no. 1.pdf) to give further technical elaboration. Please note that the criteria mentioned in the Addenda do not apply to commercial buildings.

The two Addenda, the EAC 2012 (Rev. 1) with the Addendum No. EAC01 incorporated and the TG-EAC 2012 (Rev. 1) with the Addendum No. TG-EAC01 incorporated and the relevant FAQ (where a standard application form for the said exemption can be downloaded) have been uploaded to the website of the Ordinance (http://www.beeo.emsd.gov.hk/).

Grateful if you could disseminate the above message to your members and/or clients.

Regards,

Osman LAU
Energy Efficiency Office
Electrical and Mechanical Services Department