Awards

Library Building Projects Awards

• HK BEAM (Building Environment Assessment Method)- PLATINUM STANDARD, Sept 2013
• Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department – Indoor Air Quality Certificate (Excellent Class)
• Excellence in Sustainable Built Environment – Green Building Award 2014 – Merit Award
• Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards 2013: Special Architectural Award – Architectural Interior
• Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards 2013 – Best 10 of Public Space Projects from HKIDA (The Hong Kong Interior Design Association)

FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2016 (Merit Award – Institutional)

Hong Kong Literary Field Trips Project Awarded the First Prize

IFLA Green Library Award 2017 – Runner Up

‘GO!’ Green Award

• Gold Award and Paper Reduction Award in the Green Office Programme (‘GO!’) 2024
• Gold Award and Sustainable Event Management Award in the Green Office Programme (‘GO!’) 2023
• Merit Award in the Green Office Programme (‘GO!’) 2022
• Platinum Award and Paper Reduction Award in the Green Office Programme (‘GO!’) 2021

Web/Digital Accessibility Recognition Scheme

• Digital Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2024–2025: Triple Gold Award
• Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2022–2023: Triple Gold Award
• Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2020–2021: Triple Gold Award
• Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2018: Gold Award
• Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2016: Gold Award

First academic library in Hong Kong to have its Chinese rare books recognized as national treasures, with 15 of these were selected for inclusion in the National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books in 2020

Publishing Award at the 5th Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards