From PILOT to ROLLOUT: Capacity building and stakeholder engagement to promote a territory-wide BIPV programme

This paper reports on progress of an initiative to set-up a territory-wide building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) schools programme (Fifty in Five) in Hong Kong (HK). It builds on lessons from a government and utility-funded demonstration project concluded in July 2005 led by the same researchers. The project completion overlapped with the HK Government´s May 2005 announced first sustainability strategy that included its 1-2% target of electricity generation from renewable energy by 2012. Enthusiastic support for a Schools BIPV Programme already exists at schools and amongst educationalists as the educational benefits are widely accepted. However, several areas for capacity-building have been identified. These missing links are addressed and a revised funding strategy adopted in recognition of the political realities. The current status of the programme is described