Past Events

Dr. Frederick Lee, Executive Director of the Water Centre, recently delivered a talk, entitled “The Ripple Effects of Water Conservation: Why Should We Care?”, at Swire Properties. Using a storytelling approach, he shared with the audience the significance of adopting water saving practices. In the talk, Dr. Lee emphasized the environmental benefits of water conservation, which many people might have overlooked. By revealing the hidden connections between water consumption, climate change and biodiversity, Dr. Lee offered the audience some compelling reasons to take individual actions to conserve freshwater—a most precious natural resource.

Dr. Frederick Lee, Executive Director of the Water Centre, recently delivered a talk entitled “An Inconvenient Truth,” which was borrowed from Al Gore’s 2006 documentary. This event was part of a capacity-building programme for The Green Earth, an environmental NGO. At this talk, Dr. Lee shared with the audience some important research findings made by the Water Centre on water sustainability issues in Hong Kong. His talk contained one key message: Hong Kong has become a water-surplus city since 1994.

The ECH2O – Enterprises Cherish Water Campaign is jointly organized by the Water Supplies Department and Green Council. Its aim is to create a collaboration platform for organisations to share good practices on enhancing water efficiency in the non-domestic sector.

Dr. Angela Lee, Project Manager at the Water Centre, has been invited as a guest speaker for the “Water Conservation Workshop.” She presented on “Using IoT Technology and Data Analysis to Address Water Leakage Issues and Identify Abnormal Water Usage”, shared project findings with water conservation managers from malls, buildings, hotels, and restaurants.

The programme came to a successful conclusion with a Final Presentation and Award Ceremony. All participating schools have successfully reduced their water consumption by executing their own water-saving plans. Project investigators congratulated all the winning teams and extended a thank you note to all the student ambassadors and teachers for their incredible efforts in this programme!

The student ambassadors get to showcase their creativity in the second workshop by designing visually appealing, 3D-printed signages with water conservation messages. They have also utilised school-specific water consumption data to formulate innovative and effective conservation plans.

“The Smart Water Detectives: A STEM Student Ambassador Programme” involved 37 student ambassadors drawn from five secondary schools. The students participated in the first workshop held at HKU’s InnoWing. The workshop was aimed at enhanciing the students’ understanding of water literacy and their understanding of internet of things (IoT) technology.

The “ECF Student Ambassador Scheme” was successfully completed in November 2022. This action oriented and awareness-raising activity used the Water Centre’s expertise in water auditing and an innovative approach to engage students. Students learned about how they use water at home and were encouraged to make behavior changes to contribute more to water conservation.