Data
Summary

Environmental Performance

Resources Usage – Energy
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Energy used at QGO and APB Centre [1]

Electricity consumed

kWh/m2

208

200

196

190

125

CO2 emission equivalent to electricity consumption [2]

Tonnes CO2-e

3,664

3,553

3,489

3,371

2,979

Energy saved by projects

Estimated energy saved due to energy efficient installations [3]

GWh

5.74

4.44

0.76

6.86

2.42[5]

Avoided CO2 emissions

Kilotonnes CO2-e

4.02

3.11

0.53

4.8

1.69

No. of certified green buildings or under application

Certified green buildings against third-party standards [4]

Number

3

6

6

7

13

Active projects seeking green building certifications against third-party standards [4]

Number

49

49

58

56

56

[1]
Offices in QGO and APB Centre represent a majority of total ArchSD office space. In the calculation process, ArchSD office at APB Centre and QGO is assumed to consume 100% and 20% of the electricity of the whole premise respectively.
[2]
Territory wide default GHG emission factors (0.7) were used based on the Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purpose) in Hong Kong issued by the Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR in February 2010.
[3]
Energy efficient features refer to energy saving installation for air-conditioning systems, lighting systems, hot water systems, lift & escalator systems, building energy management system and renewable energy technologies.
[4]
Third-party standards refer to BEAM Certification, BEAM Plus certified by the Hong Kong Green Building Council, LEED etc.
[5]
In this Reporting Period, the number decreased due to that public facility projects and open aera facilities design and construction account for the majority of our project portfolio this year, energy saving technologies were less applicable to be adopted in this type of projects.
Resource Usage – Fuel
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Fuel consumption by ArchSD’s fleet

Litre

12,656

12,626

14,686

14,556

13,197

GHG emission equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD fleet [6]

Tonnes CO2-e

34.3

34.2

39.8

39.4

35.7

[6]
GHG emission factors for mobile combustion are based on the Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purpose) in Hong Kong issued by the Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR in February 2010.
Resource Usage – Water
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Water consumption by ArchSD [7]

m3

20,968

12,945

15,923

13,109

10,485

[7]
Offices in QGO and APB Centre represent a majority of total ArchSD office space. In the calculation process, ArchSD office at APB Centre and QGO is assumed to consume 100% and 20% of the water of the whole premise respectively.
Resource Usage – Office Materials
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

A4 paper consumption

Reams

18,082

16,947

16,136

16,534

17,249

A3 paper consumption

Reams

1,169

1,020

1,124

1,247

1,252

Envelop consumption

No.

35,672

37,615

29,718

34,203

27,415

Waste Management in Programme Areas of
Facilities Development and Upkeeping
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Construction & demolition (C&D) materials

C&D waste disposed of to landfills

Tonnes

36,775

44,891

57,571

43,970

47,768

C&D materials disposed of to public fill areas

Tonnes

543,054

518,946

679,910

745,343

839,544

Recyclable waste collected at APB Centre

Waste paper

kg

15,717

15,579

12,094

8,243

8,119

Aluminium

No.

1,676

2,050

1,985

4,560

3,871

Plastic bottles

No.

3,798

4,102

3,918

7,071

4,237

Environmental Convictions [8] of Contractors
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Convictions per 100,000 man-hours

ArchSD sites
(HK sites)

0.122
(0.191)

0.034
(0.216)

0.032
(0.192)

0.374
(0.197)

0.118
(0.087)

Monetary value of fines

HK$

100,000

5,000

25,000

112,000

22,000

[8]
Environmental convictions refers to instances of non-compliance associated with the environment, including, but not limited to violations of permits, standards, and/or regulations associated with waste, air quality and/or emissions, water discharges, hazardous spills, etc.

Social Performance [9]

Staff
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Staff establishment (as at 31 December of the year)

No.

1,835

1,859

1,907

1,961

2,032

[9]
Staff data is extracted from the records kept in the personnel section.
Staff Establishment Breakdown

By post (based on staff establishment)

Directorate grade staff

2.1% (42)

Professional grade staff

27.7% (563)

General grade staff

18.8% (383)

Site supervisory staff

30.1% (611)

Technical grade staff

21.3% (433)

By employment type

Full-time

99% (2,182)

Part-time

1% (19)

By employment contract

Permanent (male)

59.29% (1,305)

Permanent (female)

30.22% (665)

Contract (male) full-time

6.82% (150)

Contract (female) full-time

2.82% (62)

Contract (male) part-time

0.63% (14)

Contract (female) part-time

0.22% (5)

By age (as at 31 March 2021)

Age under 30

15.44% (304)

Age 30-49

54.44% (1,072)

Age 50 or above

30.12% (593)

By ethnicity

Local

100%

Non-local

0%

By gender

Male

66.7% (1,469)

Female

33.3% (732)

Staff Training
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

No. of training courses (including internal and external seminars/ workshops/ training courses/ visits)

No.

366

412

417

422

422

Numbers of trainees

No.

8,302

7,488

8,068

9,447

8,551

Training Hours Breakdown [10]
Type of staff
Total training hours received (hours)
Training hours per staff (hours)

Directorate grade staff

392.7

9

Professional grade staff

9,328.6

17

Technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff

20,517.1

14

Total

30,238.4

15

[10]
As there is no distinct requirement regarding receiving training in terms of gender, we do not report the data broken down by gender.
Anti-corruption Training
Type of staff
Number of staff participated anti-corruption training
Percentage of staff participated anti-corruption training [11]

Directorate grade staff

0

0%

Professional grade staff

110

19.5%

Technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff

191

13.4%

[11]
According to DEVB's 'Guidelines for Integrity Training Workshop' dated 16 July 2018, a 5-year training cycle has been adopted for ArchSD staff to receive integrity training at regular intervals. In the 5-year cycle of 2016 – 2020, 25 nos. of directorate grade staff, 476 nos. of professional grade staff and 1,050 nos. of technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff in total have been received integrity training.
Staff Turnover
 
Male
Female

Age under 30

0.95% (21)

0.27% (6)

Age 30-50

0.90% (20)

0.31% (7)

Age 51-55

0% (0)

0.09% (2)

Age 56 or above

2.63% (58)

1.18% (26)

New Employee Hired
 
Male
Female

Age under 30

2.72% (60)

0.90% (20)

Age 30-50

3.31% (73)

1.81% (40)

Age 51-55

0.09% (2)

0% (0)

Age 56 or above

0% (0)

0% (0)

Occupational Health and Safety Management System
 
Number of all employees and workers [12]
Percentage of all employees and workers [12]

Covered by the system

2,032

100%

Covered by system that has been internally audited

2,032

100%

Covered by the system that has been audited or certified by an external party

2,032

100%

[12]
Workers refer to persons who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace in ArchSD offices. The contractors' staff, who are directly employed and controlled by the contractors, are excluded from this disclosure.
Staff Injury
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Staff injury cases [13]

No.

5
(Male: 4,
Female: 1)

2
(Male: 1,
Female: 1)

1
(Male: 1)

2
(Male: 2)

2
(Male: 1,
Female: 1)

Staff sick leave granted for staff injury cases

Days

168.5

14.5

9.5

20

19

[13]
The definition of staff injury cases is the reported cases of occupational injuries, under Employee's Compensation Ordinance, resulting in death or incapacity for work over 3 days.
Contractor's Accident Rate
 
Units
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

No. of fatalities [14] (ArchSD)

No.

2
(Male: 2)

1
(Male: 1)

0

0

0

Fatal accident rate [14] (ArchSD)

per 100,000 man-hours

0.007

0.003

0

0

0

Fatal accident rate [15] (HK Construction Industry)

per 100,000 man-hours

0.003

0.005

0.003

0.004

0.004

No. of non-fatal accidents [14] (ArchSD)

No.

71
(Male: 64,
Female: 6;
Unidentified: 1) [14]

103
(Male: 92,
Female: 6,
Unidentified: 5) [14]

154
(Male: 133,
Female: 19,
Unidentified: 2) [14]

81
(Male: 68,
Female: 10,
Unidentified: 3) [14]

81
(Male: 68;
Female: 10;
Unidentified: 3) [14]

Non-fatal accident rate (ArchSD) [14]

per 100,000 man-hours

0.26

0.31 [14]

0.42 [14]

0.27 [14]

0.27 [14]

Non-fatal accident rate (HK Construction Industry) [15]

per 100,000 man-hours

0.96

0.91

0.88

0.80

0.80

[14]
Data of 2020 and the previous years was extracted from PWP Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics System (PCSES) of DEVB as on 16 June 2021. In 2016 to 2019, the number of non-fatal accidents and the non-fatal accident rate were adjusted.
[15]
The accident rate of the Hong Kong Construction Industry is based on the published statistics of the Labour Department and using a conversion of 1.67 accidents per 100,000 man-hours equivalent to 60 accidents per 1,000 workers per year.