To advance sustainable development, the Building Control (Environmental Sustainability) Regulations requires a minimum environmental sustainability standard for new buildings and existing buildings that undergo major retrofitting.
Scope and details
The Building Control (Environmental Sustainability) Regulations 2008 together with the Building Control (Environmental Sustainability) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and Building Control (Environmental Sustainability) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 applies to:
• All new buildings with a gross floor area of 5,000m2 or more
• Additions or extensions to existing buildings that involve increasing the GFA by 5,000m2 or more
• Major retrofitting to existing buildings with a GFA of 5,000m2 or more
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Applicable for projects with 1st submission date for planning permission from 1 Dec 2021 onwards |
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• All new buildings with a gross floor area of 2,000m2 or more
• Additions or extensions to existing buildings that involve increasing the GFA by 2,000m2 or more
• Major retrofitting to existing buildings with a GFA of 2,000m2 or more
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Applicable for projects with 1st submission date for planning permission from 15 Apr 2008 to 30 Nov 2021 |
Note: Alteration to existing buildings which does not involve major retrofitting works is not subject to this requirement.
Submission requirements
The requirements on environmental sustainability of buildings are integrated with the Building Plan and TOP processes. The qualified person (who submits the building plan) and the other appropriate practitioners are jointly responsible to ensure that their building works meet the minimum environmental sustainability standard. They are to submit their declaration and Submission form along with their Building Plan submission for approval. Upon project completion, they are to submit their declaration and as-built Submission form before making TOP application.
To generate the Submission form for submission, please use the ES Online Portal (previously known as GM e-filing Portal).
Compliance standard
Compliance with the respective environmental sustainability standards will be based on the first submission date for URA planning permission as stated in the table below.
Note: Projects with building cooling systems will be required to submit the Air Conditioning System information template, endorsed by the PE (Mech) in-charge once ready.
Mandatory higher Green Mark standard for Government Land Sales (GLS) sites
To maximise the potential for cost-effective energy savings in our built environment, projects developed on land sold under the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme will be subject to higher Green Mark standards.