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People are increasingly conscious about wellness living, in particular amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Wellness is multi-dimensional, covering social, mental, emotional, spiritual and other dimensions in addition to physical health.

Incorporating wellness-focused features into our daily lives and environment is more important than ever, with the growing adoption of working from home and social distancing measures.

Please prepare a proposal utilising technologies and other means to raise the level of wellness of a typical Hong Kong citizen, and put it in a daily journal. The proposal should address the needs of different age groups.

Inspirations

Sino Group is committed to Creating Better Lifescapes by delivering products and services focusing on the three inter-connected pillars of Green Living, Innovative Design and Community Spirit. Wellness is an essential element in the pillar of Green Living, which is about respecting our relationship with nature and with one another. We create environments that nurture sustainability and balance. We strive to build positive environments for people to live, work and play. We believe ‘wellness’ is about achieving harmony and balance in the way we live.

- As we spend more than 90% of our time indoors, the built environment has a
  profound impact on our health, well-being and productivity. A thoughtful
  approach in architectural design is important so that it can safeguard health
  and well-being.

- WELL Building Standard™ is the world’s first architectural benchmark focusing
  exclusively on the health and well-being of residents. It measures and monitors
  features within ten key concepts of the built environment that impact health and
  well-being, namely air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort,
  sound, materials, mind and community. It codifies best practices and links
  sustainability with architectural design.

- Sino Group’s latest development, 133 Portofino in Sai Kung, is the first residential
  project in Hong Kong receiving WELL v2™ Gold Certification in recognition of its
  features and practices to protect health and well-being.

- The COVID-19 situation has highlighted the important role that the built
  environment plays in protecting people’s health, safety and well-being.
  Considerations would be put on building design strategies conducive to contain
  contagion. Meanwhile, there is an urgent need for facility operations and
  management to implement strategies in protecting occupants’ health and
  safety, and promoting wellness.

- WELL Health-Safety Rating is designed to help facility managers to protect the
  health and safety of their staff, occupants, visitors and other stakeholders. It also
  helps guide property management to implement the best practices for facility
  operation through situations like COVID-19, as well as for long-term
  preparedness on other critical health and safety issues.

- To ensure awareness and participation in creating a healthy and safe
  environment, the WELL Health-Safety Rating scope includes:

- Cleaning and Sanitisation Procedures
- Emergency Preparedness Programmes
- Health Service Resources
- Air and Water Quality Management
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

The Global Wellness Institute has predicted that seven emerging wellness living concepts will drive future development of wellness lifestyle and push the design of a healthy living environment to the next level:
1. Blurring the lines between home, work, and leisure
2. Making healthy homes affordable and accessible
3. Bringing back multi-generational and diverse neighbourhoods
4. Catalysing medical industry clusters and health services to build wellness communities
5. Moving from green to regenerative living
6. Leveraging technologies to create smart-healthy homes and cities
7. Rediscovering hot springs as a wellness living anchor

Inspirations

Expectations

Here are some perspectives for your consideration:

What does ‘wellness living’ mean to you?
In what dimensions of wellness are urban dwellers usually after or lack of?
How to sustain the practices for wellness under the COVID-19 pandemic?

The proposed solutions need to include the use of technology. Sino Inno Lab will be a good reference point to start with. It is a sandbox platform to test out inventions and facilitate co-creation, and it showcases a wide range of cutting-edge PropTech products and solutions. Schedule a visit now and get inspired about possible ‘wellness living’ ideas at Sino Inno Lab.

The proposal should consist of 5 to 10 pages of PowerPoint presentation in PDF format, covering:

Executive summary
Current challenges/ observations/ situation analysis
Proposed solution(s)
Impact and benefits
Team profile
Any relevant information

Evaluation Criteria

Innovativeness: 25%
Feasibility: 25%
Impact: 25%
Scalability: 15%
Presentation: 10%

Prizes

Join Sino Group's track for a chance to win the following prizes!

champion

Champion

HK$30,000 for the team
+
Interview invitation for potential placement/internship
+
HKGCC Student Associate Membership (1 year)

1st Runner Up

1st Runner-Up

HK$20,000 for the team
+
Interview invitation for potential placement/internship
+
HKGCC Student Associate Membership (1 year)

2nd Runner Up

2nd Runner-Up

HK$10,000 for the team
+
Interview invitation for potential placement/internship
+
HKGCC Student Associate Membership (1 year)

About Sino Group

Sino Group is one of the leading property developers in Hong Kong with core business in developing residential, office, industrial and retail properties for sale and investment. In addition to an extensive portfolio in Hong Kong, the Group has footprints in mainland China, Singapore and Australia. The Group’s core business is complemented by the gamut of property services ranging from management to security and environmental services. The Group is also a key player in hotel and club management as well as car park operations.

With a team of over 10,000 dedicated professionals, the Group is committed to creating better lifescapes. Lifescape is Sino Group’s vision – to build a better life together, where the community thrives in harmony by embracing green living and wellness, by engaging with all and pursuing meaningful designs, and by seeking innovation while respecting heritage and culture. Committed and together, the Group creates a better community where people live, work and play.

Sino Group focuses its sustainability efforts on six areas, namely Green, Wellness, Design, Innovation, Heritage & Culture, and Community. Sino Land Company Limited (083) has been a constituent member of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series since September 2012 for its continual efforts in promoting sustainability.