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Sun
Hong
Director, Environmental Department
Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad organizer (BOCOG)
As one of the three themes of Beijing 2008
Olympics, Green Olympics means to prepare Olympic Games in accordance
with the principle of sustainable development, which calls for the
protection of environment, conservation of resources and maintenance
of ecological balance to enhance city's environmental infrastructure
construction through hosting Olympics, to improve ecological surroundings,
to widely organize environmental communication and education activities
to raise public awareness and leave rich environmental heritage
for both China and the world.
Directed by the principle of sustainable development,
the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX OLympiad
(BOCOG) set up its own Environmental Management System (EMS) in
accordance with the demand of ISO 14001, so as to manage the environmental
protection work of BOCOG through this scientific managing model.
The EMS includes Green Office of BOCOG, competition path planning,
venue designs, the election of contracted partner and contracted
hotel, publication and press, and environmental management. Through
a series of environmental protection guidelines, BOCOG can guide
the enterprises serving for the Olympic Games to protect our environment.
Among all the aspects of EMS, environmental
management of Olympic venue construction is our main concern. For
the planning and designing of Olympic venue, BOCOG established the
Guidelines for Environment Protection in Olympic Construction Projects,
which put up the basic environmental protection requirements for
the Olympic venue and construction projects, including requirements
for Energy conservation in buildings, environment-friendly construction
materials, water resources protection and gardening and greening.
All the requirements should be involved into the bid proposal. When
the construction of Olympic venue began, BOCOG developed the Green
Construction Guidelines for Olympic Projects. It set detailed environmental
protection requirements for the construction of Olympic venue. By
spreading the Guidelines as formal document of Beijing 2008 Project
Construction Headquarters, all the construction units should obey
the Guidelines. Besides, BOCOG published two more guidelines, the
Environmental Guidelines for renovated venues and the Environmental
Guidelines for Olympic Overlays.
Except for the guidelines, BOCOG have been
working on the spread of environmental protection technology and
productions, including solar energy photoelectric technology, solar
energy photo thermal technology, geothermal energy and wind energy
applied technology, indoor-air purifying technology, green and energy
conservation lights, energy conservation doors and windows, and
the popularizing of environment-friendly construction materials.
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