Ji Won Choi, Author at BEE

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Healthier Building Design & Operations To Reduce Risks of COVID-19

COVID-19 outbreak has instigated a new paradigm shift in the way new buildings are designed and existing buildings are maintained, shifting the focus to resilient, healthy and clean interior environments for occupants. Buildings designed focusing on the well-being and health…

Ji Won ChoiApril 20, 2020

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Best practices in building maintenance in times of COVID-19

In reaction to COVID-19, many cities have applied strong measures such as the total closure of border crossings and lockdowns, among others, to slow down the spread of COVID-19. In spite of the pandemic, both the private and public sectors…

Ji Won ChoiApril 17, 2020

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BEE Tracks Its First Corporate Carbon Footprint

Over the past ten years since its establishment, BEE Incorporations has preached ‘conscious engineering’ through our sustainability consultancy work with our clients and partners. At BEE, we have decided to launch our first sustainability initiative to track our corporate carbon…

Ji Won ChoiMarch 30, 2020

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Alternative plastic waste management approaches

Context The use of plastic is present in our lives and it has become one of our habitual companions. Most of the objects that surround us are entirely or partially constituted by one of the many types of plastics that…

Ji Won ChoiMarch 13, 2020

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Starbucks Leverages LEED to Achieve Its New Sustainability Goals for 2030

Starbucks recently announced new sustainable objectives that are planned to be achieved by the end of 2030. It is not the first time that the company has set up sustainable goals to be accomplished in the medium and long…

Ji Won ChoiFebruary 7, 2020

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A Guide to Practicing Sustainability at Your Organization

BEE Incorporations' scope of work in sustainability goes beyond achieving goals for corporate clients within the built environment. BEE has been assisting the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macao, one of the largest of its kind…

Ji Won ChoiDecember 20, 2019

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Starbucks Shanghai Reserve Roastery achieves LEED Platinum

BEE Incorporations is proud to announce Starbucks has received LEED certification by USGBC for its work with: Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Shanghai (LEED Platinum) Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Milan (LEED Gold) Starbucks Flagship Store, Hong Kong (LEED Certified) Feature Story: Starbucks Reserve…

Ji Won ChoiDecember 9, 2019

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Arc is now free for everyone – the future of building sustainably becomes more accessible

Arc, a platform under the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), is a tool for collecting data and measuring sustainability performance. At Greenbuild 2019 in Atlanta, the annual international conference dedicated to green building sustainability…

Ji Won ChoiDecember 6, 2019

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Prada: First Retail Brand to Link an SLL to LEED Certification

In early November, Prada announced their signing of a €50 million, 5 year sustainability-linked loan agreement (SLL). Through this agreement, Prada has become the first in the luxury brand fashion industry to set sustainability targets through an SLL. Sustainability-Linked Loans…

Ji Won ChoiNovember 18, 2019

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BEE Develops Sustainability Plan for Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong & Macao

Following the spirit of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong & Macao is committed to embracing sustainability in its organizational operations. The Chamber has developed a multi-year sustainability plan,…

Ji Won ChoiNovember 15, 2019