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Q1. Sustainable buildings provide many types of benefits to stakeholders and the environment. Despite so, some building
Q1. Sustainable buildings provide many types of benefits to stakeholders and the environment. Despite so, some building developers still have some concerns over implementing sustainable designs to their new building developments. (a) Suggest reasons why some building developers still have some concerns over implementing sustainable designs to their new building developments. (6 marks) (b) Some city governments favor granting 'density bonus' while some others favor giving out 'tax rebates or credits' for encouraging sustainable building developments. Compare and contrast the underlying rationales of these two approaches. (7 marks) The government in Hong Kong has made the BEAM-Plus assessment as one of the pre-requisites for obtaining Gross Floor Area (GFA) concessions for new sustainable building developments. Comment on the appropriateness of the above government action, and outline the basic framework and operating principles of the BEAM-Plus currently adopted for assessing the sustainability of the building developments in Hong Kong. (12 marks) O
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