With rarely any two days alike, Tony Ho Wai-lun, manager for energy efficiency and emissions reduction services at SGS Hong Kong, believes he has one of the most inspiring jobs in the engineering profession.
'I am involved in an industry where change is occurring almost on a daily basis,' said Mr Ho, who spent the first 12 years of his career working as a building engineer.
He and his colleagues have been carrying out tests on energy saving light bulbs, following the discovery by the Consumer Council that some bulbs in Hong Kong were less energy efficient than they claimed.
With Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland as part of his responsibility, Mr Ho is also kept busy managing the measuring and testing of energy saving performance of various products on behalf of clients.
This includes setting up a new testing facility in Tianjin, on the mainland, to test the mechanical strength of wind turbine blades.
As the demand for energy efficiency and emission solutions increases, Mr Ho and his colleagues have developed an agenda to expand his department headcount, which is now about 30.
'We want to recruit more people but realise we will have to provide internal training resources to raise proficiency levels,' Mr Ho said.
