Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (ENERGY EFFICIENCY) REGULATION - SECT 5

Information and calculations to be included in building plans

Any plan for building works submitted for the purposes of section 14 of the
Ordinance shall include-

   (a)  diagrams showing dimensions, colours, arrangements and other details
        of the building materials to be used for external walls and roofs of
        the building concerned;

   (b)  for each floor, the following information regarding the windows,
        presented in a tabular form-

        (i)    the number of windows and the size of each window for each
               orientation;

        (ii)   the thickness of the glass to be used;

        (iii)  the type of glass;

   (c)  for composite walls and roofs, particulars of the thermal
        transmittance value with calculations; and

   (d)  a statement and calculations of the overall thermal transfer  value of
        the external walls and roofs of the building. (Enacted 1995)