Green Autumn Festival 2021 [fr]

2^nd December: Energize the Future #3 Conference: Opportunities & Challenges - From Smart Buildings to Waste-to-Energy

Location: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (onsite and online upon invitation)
Time: 4pm to 5:45pm

Register onsite or online: https://polyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocuGspjwuGNRRe0cNsiR8oSLNyYekSXau

Learn more about the latest clean energy opportunities to pave a concrete way towards carbon neutrality by 2050, from smart buildings to organic-waste-to-energy technologies.

Co-hosted by the Consulate General of France and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this conference is the 3^rd one held within the frame of the "Sustainable Lecture Series" jointly launched in 2020.

4:00pm	Welcome Speech Prof. Xiang-Dong LI (RISUD Director, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
4:05pm	Part 1: Towards a low carbon economy - from key challenges in energy efficiency in the building sector Speakers:  Prof. Carine SEBI, Associate Professor, Coordinator of GEM Chair Energy for Society, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM)  Prof. Hong-Xing YANG, Professor of the Department of Building Services Engineering, Coordinator Renewable Energy Research Group, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  Mr. Jérémy STERN, BYME Engineering, Hong Kong Discussion moderated by Prof. Linda XIAO, Professor at the Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Q&A session: 10 minutes
4:50pm	Break
5:00pm	Part 2: Power the future: organic-waste-to-energy technology Speakers:  Mr. Laurent PELLETIER, Managing Director, Veolia Hong Kong  Prof. Ben LEU, Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Discussion moderated by Prof. Linda XIAO, Professor at the Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Q&A session: 10 minutes
5:45pm	Acknowledgments & Closure

11^th December, Go Green at Oi! Street Art Space

Venue: Oi! Street Art Space, 12 Oil Street, North Point
Time: 10 am-5 pm

Upcycling Workshop: from Tetra Pak^® Box to Windmill

Time: 10am-12pm registration required
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqvB8Falyx2iSlt5x-aMg1tirFL-Ey3OFrK4BkDMG2kNvmyA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Materials to bring: one chopstick and a Tetra Pak^® box

Who said upcycling wasn’t fun and creative? Follow the artist Kevin Cheung instructions to experience the process upcycling and create your own unique product in simple steps. All you need is to bring a Tetra Pak^® box and one chopstick that you will magically convert into a spinning windmill!

Sustainable Fair

Time: 1pm-5pm

Do you want to do something for the planet but not know where to start? Join our sustainable fair to discover local initiatives and NGOs in Hong Kong, exchange with them and learn the smalls actions we can all take part in to make an impact!

Solar Sound System

Time: 2pm-4pm

Have you ever biked to produce music? Enjoy music with 100% sustainable energy generated equipment and participate in the production of electricity through bicycle power. Join us to try out this fun experience!

The Climate Fresk

Time: 2pm-5pm Registration required

Feeling like climate change is too complicated to understand? Keep calm and register to The Climate Fresk! This fun and collaborative workshop based on reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will help you to understand the implications of climate change and gain climate science knowledge.

Registration here:

Climate Fresk Workshop - for children aged for 8 to 14 years old: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-LXagAOMAnA1EKfTD3jmwQhdaAoBEHAPFQbgKDOl7rsaWjw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Climate Fresk Workshop - for adults: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScy9qcauDmNBnnJjY7lrI265gZK9KZO3opYhZJx6SB-d_EFDQ/viewform?usp=sf_link