Already
Asia’s first LEED v5 O+M Platinum building.
ICC scored 91 under LEED v5, the highest score among the seven buildings certified worldwide at the time. SHKP reports electricity use in 2024 more than 20 million kWh below 2012.
|
Solar Studio · Hong KongInternational Commerce Centre.
Asia’s first LEED v5 Platinum building can set the next benchmark: the productive supertall.
ICC already operates at the leading edge of green-building management: LEED v5 O+M Platinum, AI-driven optimisation and more than 20 million kWh less electricity use than in 2012. The next story is not another efficiency certificate — it is physical generation on the flagship tower.
Read the building
After efficiency comes generation.
ICC has already set a benchmark for operating performance, while SHKP has built substantial solar capability across its properties. Sydsol brings those strengths together on the flagship: make one of Hong Kong’s most visible towers generate from its own envelope.
Annual solar yieldInternational Commerce Centre · Hong Kong
Loading city context…
Lower yieldHigher yield
Qualified solar surface
Outside commercial threshold
At a glance
What the building envelope could deliver
Qualified roof and façade surfaces are screened against the same energy and commercial assumptions used throughout this case study.
—
Annual generation
—
Annual energy value
—
Modelled payback
—
Grid-equivalent CO₂
—
Installed solar area
—
Project LCOE
Grid-equivalent CO₂ is modelled using the local grid factor. Actual market-based emissions impact depends on the building’s electricity procurement and renewable-energy contracts.
Energy & economics
Monthly electricity & LCOE
See how electricity generation and equivalent energy cost change through the year as solar resource, orientation and shading shift.
Monthly electricity & LCOE
Generation through the day
South-facing façades are the resource.
Southwest is the single largest modelled contributor and southeast is second. Together they carry roughly four fifths of annual output, with the roof a smaller supporting surface.
Solar generation profile · month by month
Drag the month slider to move through the year.Qualified surface mix
Where the electricity comes from
The opportunity is strongly concentrated on the southwest and southeast façades. That makes the project easier to frame as a deliberate architectural layer rather than all-over coverage.
—annual generation
Benchmark after benchmark
After optimisation comes generation.
ICC has already set a benchmark for operating performance, while SHKP has built substantial solar capability across its properties. Sydsol brings those strengths together on the flagship: make one of Hong Kong’s most visible towers generate from its own envelope.
→
Next standard
A flagship supertall that generates on its own skin.
The opportunity is less about proving sustainability and more about setting the next physical benchmark for dense vertical cities.
Technology
AI is already reducing consumption.
ICC uses AI, IoT, digital-twin and data-driven building management. On-site generation adds a new physical input to an already intelligent operating platform.
Portfolio precedent
SHKP already deploys solar at scale.
The group reports a large network of solar panels across managed properties and construction sites. ICC can become the high-rise flagship of that capability.
Solar Studio result
South-facing façades are the resource.
Southwest and southeast surfaces together produce roughly 80% of modelled annual generation. The opportunity is concentrated and architecturally legible.
Public context sourcesSHKP — ICC becomes first LEED v5 Platinum building in Asia ↗
External references describe public building, owner and occupier context. Inclusion does not imply endorsement of Sydsol or participation in this study.
The Solar Studio advantage
We model the building.
We model the building.
Then we follow the sun.
Solar Studio reveals the energy potential hidden across an entire building envelope — not just the roof. It combines advanced 3D solar simulation with the commercial metrics asset owners need to make a decision.
Advanced 3D building model
We recreate the building and its urban surroundings so the analysis reflects the real geometry of the façade, roof and neighbouring skyline.
Sunlight, tracked all year
Advanced ray-tracing follows sunlight through every hour of the day and every season of the year, revealing how solar access changes across the envelope.
A true shading profile
Nearby towers, setbacks and the building itself are captured in a detailed shading profile, separating consistently productive surfaces from those that spend too much time in shadow.
From solar potential to business case
We translate the solar opportunity into generation, energy savings, carbon reduction and payback — turning a complex façade into a clear investment picture.
Beyond rooftop solar
See where the building can generate, when that energy arrives, and which surfaces create the strongest commercial value.
Case study settings
The assumptions behind this view
These inputs define the International Commerce Centre case study and can be changed for a building-specific assessment.
Assumptions & inputsOpen to review the model settings
Indicative feasibility assessment. Results support early-stage decision making and should be followed by site, structural, electrical and façade-engineering review before project development.
Explore a Sydsol pilot for International Commerce Centre.
We can turn this model into a site-specific pilot scope — target surfaces, expected generation, integration pathway and indicative economics.