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The city of sustainable skyscrapers
By Matthew Keegan10th February 2021
Hong Kong, the world s capital of tall buildings, is turning up the dial on high-rise sustainable design, as the city aims for net-zero emissions by 2050.
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Looking out over Hong Kong s iconic skyline from the viewing deck of its tallest skyscraper, the 118-storey International Commerce Centre (ICC), it s clear why Hong Kong is known as the world s most vertical city. In every direction you look, countless high-rise buildings are stacked side by side, clustered together, like a real-world version of the game Tetris.
With limited land supply, building upwards is Hong Kong s only option. But in a world responding to the climate crisis, towering skyscrapers that use massive amounts of energy and materials to construct and operate may look increasingly out of place – particularly given that Hong Kong itself has set a target to be carbon neutral by 2050. The problem leaves many asking how sustainable skyscraper