Video Recording 

[Presentation slides]

Organiser: HKIA Environment & Sustainable Development Committee (E&SDC)
Supporting organisations: BEAM Society Limited (BSL) and Professional Green Building Council (PGBC)
Date: 9 Jan 2025 (Thu)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
CPD Hours: 1.5
Delivery: Hybrid Mode (Physical at HKIA Premises, 19/F, One Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay + Zoom)
Language: English supplemented with Cantonese
Admission Fee: Free
Quota: 50 persons (Physical) + 1000 persons (Zoom)

Synopsis

The presentation starts with introducing the new reaction-to-fire requirement of BIPV systems in the latest CoP for Fire Safety, HK; and brings out the issue that some advanced innovative cladding designs, like the green wall features or the PIBV façade, may contain combustible content. The traditional cladding design that requires the cladding to be built with entirely non-combustible material may have a potential risk of fire spread across the building. This raises the question of how our practice shall be updated to cope with the innovative design changes.

This presentation follows with a discussion on the testing procedure to achieve the A2 Class classification (Limited Combustibility) in accordance with BS EN 13501-1, and the difference with the BS 476-4 or BS 476-7 tests that we currently use.

Speaker

Dr. Lipmann SZE, Technical Manager of the Research Engineering Development Facade Consultants Limited (RED)

Dr. Sze is the Technical Manager of the Research Engineering Development Facade Consultants Ltd (RED). He joined the company in 2012, and is mainly responsible for the development of fire protection product testing, assessment, fire engineering and product certification. He is also the Hong Kong HKICA registered technical auditor for the HK Product Conformity Certification Scheme (PCCS) for Passive Fire Protection Product (PFPP).  
Dr. Sze has represented RED many times in exchanges and meetings in the fire testing laboratories across Europe. Dr. Sze has more than 12 years of experience in fire testing, fire engineering and passive fire protection product certification. Before joining RED, he worked as a Senior Fire Engineer at Exova Warringtonfire and was responsible for fire engineering design, product testing and technical assessor for the "Certifire" program.

He got the bachelor's and doctorate degrees in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Sze also participated in the compilation of the third edition of the PCCS-PFPP published by the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction. He is also currently act as the thesis instructor of the Fire Safety Engineering Program co-organization by the University of Central Lancashire and the City University of Hong Kong.  

Moderator

Ar. Yvonne IEONG, Chair of HKIA BLA Environment & Sustainable Development Committee (E&SDC)