Data Summary

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Energy used at QGO and APB Centre
Electricity consumed^[1]	kWh	4,954,429	4,815,754	4,256,371	3,699,415	3,863,227
Electricity intensity^[1]	kWh/m²	196	190	125	109	113
CO₂ emission equivalent to electricity consumption^[2]	Tonne CO₂-e	3,284	3,201	2,292	1,921	2,008
Total Electricity consumed per employee	kWh/employee	2,598	2,456	2,095	1,812	1,778
Total CO₂ emission equivalent to electricity consumption per employee^[2]	Tonne CO₂-e/ employee	1.722	1.558	1.041	0.885	0.924
Energy saved by projects^[3]
Total energy saving due to green and low-carbon design	GWh	2.5	24.3	11.0	3.5	15.6
CO₂ emission equivalent	Kilotonne CO₂-e	1.8	17.0	7.7	2.4	10.9
No. of certified green buildings or under application^[4]
Certified green buildings against third-party standard	Number	6	7	13	12	7
Active projects seeking green building certifications against third-party standard	Number	58	56	56	69	53

^[1]

Offices at QGO and APB Centre represent a majority of total ArchSD office space. The percentage of electricity consumption of the whole premises for ArchSD office at APB Centre & QGO is assumed to be 100% and 20% respectively.

^[2]

CO₂ emissions intensity of CLP Power and HK Electric from 2018 to 2022 were used for ArchSD office at APB Centre & QGO respectively.

^[3]

Energy saving is calculated by considering green and low carbon design features, e.g. building envelope, building services systems and renewable energy technologies, adopted in projects.

^[4]

‘Third-party standards’ refers to BEAM Plus certified by Hong Kong Green Building Council.

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars	Litre	14,686	14,556	13,197	13,543	11,463
GHG emissions equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars^[5]	Tonne CO₂-e	39.8	39.4	35.7	36.6	31.0
NO_x emissions equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars^[6]	kg	10.456	9.975	8.200	8.017	7.509
SO_x emissions equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars^[6]	kg	0.216	0.214	0.194	0.199	0.169
PM emissions equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars^[6]	kg	0.770	0.734	0.604	0.590	0.553
Total Fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars per employee	Litre/employee	7.701	7.423	6.495	6.632	5.275
Total GHG emissions equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars per employee	Tonne CO₂-e/ employee	0.021	0.020	0.018	0.018	0.014

^[5]

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, 2010 Edition.

^[6]

Air pollutant emission factors for mobile combustion are based on The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department’s (“EPD”) EMFAC-HK Vehicle Emission Calculation model and the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Vehicle Emission Modeling Software - MOBILE6.1

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Water consumption by ArchSD^[7]	m³	15,923	13,109	13,837	14,247	13,611

^[7]

Offices at QGO and APB Centre represent a majority of total ArchSD office space. In the calculation process, ArchSD offices at APB Centre and QGO are assumed to consume 100% and 20% of the water of the whole premises, respectively. From 2020 to 2021, the water consumption was adjusted.

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
A4 paper consumption	Ream	16,136	16,534	17,249	16,486	15,199
A3 paper consumption	Ream	1,124	1,247	1,252	1,385	1,223
Envelope consumption	No.	29,718	34,203	27,415	36,784	37,340

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Construction & demolition (C&D) materials
C&D waste to landfills	Tonne	57,571	43,970	47,768	42,047	44,980
C&D materials to public landfill areas	Tonne	679,910	745,343	839,544	799,066	1,199,771
Recyclable waste collected at APB Centre
Waste paper	kg	12,094	8,243	8,119	7,800	7,537
Aluminium	No.	1,985	4,560	3,871	5,569	6,354
Plastic bottles	No.	3,918	7,071	4,237	6,209	8,536

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Convictions^[8] per 100,000 man-hours	ArchSD sites (HK sites)	0.032 (0.192)	0.374 (0.197)	0.118 (0.087)	0.037 (0.065)	0.000 (0.137)
Monetary value of fines	HK$	25,000	112,000	22,000	2,000	0

^[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 and hazardous spills.

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Staff establishment (as at 31 December of the year)^[9]	No.	1,907	1,961	2,032	2,042	2,033

^[9]

Staff data are extracted from the records kept in the personnel section.

			Employees 2022 / 2023
By grade (based on Civil Service Staff)
Directorate grade staff			38 (2.0%)
Professional grade staff			548 (28.1%)
Site supervisory staff			595 (30.5%)
Technical grade staff			416 (21.4%)
Adminstrative and Support staff			38 (2.0%)
By age (as at 31 March 2023)
Under 30			238 (12.3%)
30-49			1,215 (62.6%)
50 or above			487 (25.1%)
Staff turnover rate
		MALE	FEMALE
Under 30		1.1% (22)	0.6% (11)
30-50		1.8% (36)	0.6% (12)
51-55		0.1% (1)	0.1% (1)
56 or above		3.6% (70)	0.6% (11)
New employee hire rate
		MALE	FEMALE
Under 30		3.2% (62)	0.9% (18)
30-50		2.4% (47)	1% (19)
51-55		0% (0)	0% (0)
56 or above		0% (0)	0% (0)
By employment type (include Non-civil Service Contract Staff)
		MALE	FEMALE
Civil Service Staff	Full-time	1,280 (58.9%)	668 (30.7%)
Non-Civil Service Contract Staff	Full-time	149 (6.9%)	59 (2.7%)
Non-Civil Service Contract Staff	Part-time	10 (0.5%)	7 (0.3%)

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Number of training courses (including internal and external seminars/ workshops/ training courses/ visits)	No.	417	422	422	653	595
Number of trainees	No.	8,068	9,447	8,551	16,391	13,908

TYPE OF STAFF	TOTAL TRAINING HOURS RECEIVED (HOUR)	TRAINING HOURS PER STAFF (HOUR)
Directorate grade staff	Male: 538	Male: 17.9
	Female: 160	Female: 20.0
	Total: 698
Professional grade staff	Male: 9,795	Male: 31.2
	Female: 5,694	Female: 24.3
	Total: 15,489
Technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff	Male: 29,283	Male: 31.3
	Female: 6,356	Female: 14.9
	Total: 35,639
Total	Male: 39,616	Male: 31.0
	Female: 12,210	Female: 18.3
	Total: 51,826

TYPE OF STAFF	NUMBER OF STAFF PARTICIPATING IN ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING	PERCENTAGE OF STAFF PARTICIPATING IN ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING^[10]
Directorate grade staff	0	0%
Professional grade staff	Male: 40	Male: 12.7%
	Female: 28	Female: 12.0%
	Total: 68
Technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff	Male: 96	Male: 10.3%
	Female: 30	Female: 7.0%
	Total: 126

^[10]

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 from 2018 to 2022, a total of 20 directorate grade staff, 419 professional grade staff and 847 technical grade, site supervisory and general grade staff have received integrity training.

	NUMBER OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS^[11]	PERCENTAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS^[11]
Covered by the system	2,033	100%
Covered by the system and internally audited	2,033	100%
Covered by the system and audited or certified by an external party	2,033	100%

^[11]

‘Workers’ refers to persons who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by ArchSD. Contractors' staff directly employed and controlled by the contractors are excluded from this disclosure.

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Staff injury cases^[12]	No.	1 (Male: 1)	2 (Male: 2)	2 (Male: 1, Female: 1)	4 (Male: 3, Female: 1)	2 (Male: 1, Female: 1)
Staff sick leave granted for staff injury cases	Days	9.5	20	19	38.5	12

^[12]

‘Staff injury cases’ refers to reported cases of occupational injuries under the Employee's Compensation Ordinance, resulting in death or incapacity for work over 3 days.

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Indirect employee (as at 31 December of the year)^[13]	No.	>=13,000	>=11,000	>=10,000	>=11,000	>=14,000

^[13]

Total man-hours in 2018 to 2022 was extracted from PWP Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics System (PCSES) of DEVB. In the calculation process, each worker is assumed to work for 9 hours per working day in every year.

	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
No. of fatalities^[14] (ArchSD)	No.	0	0	1 (Male: 1)	0	1 (Male: 1)
Fatal accident rate^[14] (ArchSD)	per 100,000 man-hours	0	0	0.003	0	0.002
Fatal accident rate^[15] (HK Construction Industry)	per 100,000 man-hours	0.003	0.004	0.005	0.006	0.005
No. of non-fatal accidents^[14] (ArchSD)	No.	155 (Male: 133, Female: 19, Unidentified: 3)	82 (Male: 69, Female: 10, Unidentified: 3)	61 (Male: 45, Female: 14, Unidentified: 2)	98 (Male: 83, Female: 13, Unidentified: 2)	94 (Male: 81, Female: 11, Unidentified: 2)
Non-fatal accident rate^[14] (ArchSD)	per 100,000 man-hours	0.42	0.27	0.21	0.31	0.21
Non-fatal accident rate^[15] (HK Construction Industry)	per 100,000 man-hours	0.88	0.80	0.72	0.81	0.81

^[14]

Data from 2022 and previous years were extracted from the PWP Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics System (PCSES) of DEVB as at 30 Aug 2023. From 2018 to 2021, the number of non-fatal accidents and the non-fatal accident rate was adjusted.

^[15]

The accident rate of the Hong Kong Construction Industry is based on the published statistics of the Labour Department, using a conversion of 1.67 accidents per 100,000 man-hours, which is equivalent to 60 accidents per 1,000 workers per year.

Data Summary

Resources Usage – Energy

Resource Usage – Fuel

Resource Usage – Water

Resource Usage – Office Materials

Waste Management in Programme Areas of Facilities Development and Upkeeping

Environmental Convictions of Contractors

Staff Establishment (Civil Service Staff)

Staff Statistics (as at 31 December of the year unless specified otherwise)

Staff Training

Training Hours Breakdown

Anti-corruption Training

Occupational Health and Safety Management System

Staff Injuries

Contractor Establishment

Contractor’s Accident Rate