Jinke Property Group, Chongqing’s largest real estate developer, launched its new Living Building concept at its press conference in Shanghai 1862 Fashion Art Center last Thursday, raising the bar for the entire property development industry in China. The event attracted more than 400 guests from all over the world, representing various renowned construction and architecture firms and institutions, and media agencies.

Jinke initiated the event with an introduction of its new initiative titled “let beauty flow through the essence of life”. The opening remarks were followed by keynote speeches that explained the Living Building concept’s motive as well as how it will be applied to Jinke’s building sustainability sector. James Connelly, Vice President of Strategic Growth at the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) also introduced the institute’s Living Building Challenge standard and its highlighted complementary role of Jinke’s initiative in Asia’s green building movement.

The Living Building concept aims to provide Jinke’s customers with a better life, by creating a comfortable, healthy, and environmentally friendly living space aided by the use of smart technology. BEE Incorporations is proud to be part of the cross-industry and cross-country collaboration of Jinke’s new Living Building concept R&D process, also joined by ILFI, Aedas, Microsoft, and many other construction, architecture, and technological firms and institutions with global presence.

Four-in-One Strategy

The Living Building concept is supplemented by Jinke’s new “four-in-one” strategy, signifying a breakthrough of building construction and architectural design conventions in China, which often neglect the following:

Strategic Development

Jinke believes that modern building construction and architecture should reflect modern day society’s progress and innovation in science, artificial intelligence technology, life sciences, and clean energy. These innovations should be integrated into the property development process not in silo, but using a systematic and holistic approach, from the very beginning of the project. Jinke seeks to accelerate the Living Building concept to meet the following goals:

BEE Engagement in Living Building Challenge

BEE has significant experience and expertise in ILFI’s Living Building Challenge and Living Community Challenge, including the 600-acre Song Saa Reserve, Cambodia’s first Living Community Challenge project and one of Southeast Asia’s first ethically-led integrated eco-resort development. BEE houses a team of LBC Auditors, Living Future Ambassadors, and Living Future Accredited staff that drive Asia’s green building movement. Learn more about our latest LCC project in Featured Projects.

BEE is currently working on one LBC project for Jinke. The project consists of the new construction and renovation of their new R&D center on their main campus in Chongqing. The building will incorporate an R&D showroom and a commercial office renovation. The project intends to pursue full Living Building Challenge certification under v3.1 of the standard.

BEE Incorporations are engineering consultants and materials specialists focusing on sustainability for the built environment. Via our offices in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, India, Mongolia, Australia, UK, France, and Italy we support projects all over the world to achieve their sustainability targets in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

We have over 300 projects in over 30 countries comprising over 35 million square feet of GFA. In 2018 we were responsible for Certifying the first city in Europe under LEED for Cities, the City of Savona.