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Registration Maintenance (RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professional)
The registrations of RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals are on a 5-year basis. Upon approval, a waived period will be granted immediately with exemption on a certain period of registration fee and CPD hour requirements. Thereafter, RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals should fulfil the following requirements so as to maintain the registrations.
- Registration Fee / Renewal Fee
- CPD Hour
- Project Reference (for RCx Professional only)
Registration Fee
After registering as RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals, there will be a waived period on registration fee. The length of waived period may vary depends on the approval date, and the details are shown below:-
After registering as RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals, there will be a waived period on registration fee. The length of waived period may vary depends on the approval date, and the details are shown below:-
| Approved in |
Registration fee to be charged on |
| June / September | Coming cut-off date |
| December / March | Second cut-off date |
When the end of waived period approaches, the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals will receive a notification email from the HKGBC for the settlement of registration fee. The RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals have to settle the registration fee within 90 days after the cut-off date (30 April, i.e. settle the registration fee on or before 29 July of each year), to maintain their registrations.
The RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals can settle the registration fee by instalment or one-off payment. A 20% discount will be offered to those RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals who settle the registration fee by one-off payment. The registration fee for each types of registrations are shown in the table below:-
The RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals can settle the registration fee by instalment or one-off payment. A 20% discount will be offered to those RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals who settle the registration fee by one-off payment. The registration fee for each types of registrations are shown in the table below:-
| Type | Registration Fee (by instalment) |
Registration Fee (by one-off payment) |
| RCx Practitioner (Level 1) | HK$200/year Total: HK$800 for 4 years |
HK$640 for 4 years |
| RCx Practitioner (Level 2) | HK$500/year Total: HK$2,000 for 4 years |
HK$1,600 for 4 years |
| RCx Professional | HK$800/year Total: HK$3,200 for 4 years |
HK$2,560 for 4 years |
Renewal Fee
The renewal fee is also on a 5-year basis. It starts to be applicable when the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals settle all the registration fee. When the renewal fee becomes applicable, the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals do not need to settle registration fee anymore. The RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals have to settle the renewal fee within 90 days after the cut-off date (30 April, i.e. settle the renewal fee on or before 29 July of each year), to maintain their registrations.
The renewal fee can also be settled by instalment or one-off payment. A 20% discount will be offered to those RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals who settle the renewal fee by one-off payment. The renewal fee for each types of registrations are shown in the table below:-
| Type | Renewal Fee (by instalment) |
Renewal Fee (by one-off payment) |
| RCx Practitioner (Level 1) | HK$100/year Total: HK$500 for 5 years |
HK$400 for 5 years |
| RCx Practitioner (Level 2) | HK$250/year Total: HK$1,250 for 5 years |
HK$1,000 for 5 years |
| RCx Professional | HK$400/year Total: HK$2,000 for 5 years |
HK$1,600 for 5 years |
CPD hour is not required during the waived period (please refer to the waived period in 4.1 Registration Fee). After that, the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals need to submit adequate CPD hours every year so as to maintain their registrations. The RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals can submit their CPD hours through their online accounts by 30 April every year.
The numbers of CPD hours required for each type of registrations are shown in the table below. In general, RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals is not recommended to carry over excess CPD hours to the next year. If necessary, the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals can carry over up to 9 excess CPD hours to the next year.
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| RCx Practitioner (Level 1) | 3 CPD hours/year
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| RCx Practitioner (Level 2) | 6 CPD hours/year
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| RCx Professional | 6 CPD hours/year
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Different forms of professional development, i.e. live and online seminars, technical visits, project experience and research, etc. can be claimed as CPD hours, and the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals should refer to the following table for the details.
| Type 1 |
Attend or be a speaker in any RCx-related training/ seminar/ technical visit /event. Event name or programme contains keywords:
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| Type 2 |
Conduct research/ study OR write technical/ journal paper related to RCx. Title or content of the research/ study/ paper is related to keywords:
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| Type 3 |
Participate in RCx project(s) that:
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| Type 4 | Become member of Registration Committee/ attend RCx working group meeting or as a jury member in competitions organised by the HKGBC/ AEE/ ASHRAE/ BSOMES/ CIBSE/ EI/ HKAEE/ HKIE/ EMSD/ Environment and Ecology Bureau related to RCx |
The responsibility to judge whether CPD activities are RCx-related rests with the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals. The RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals are advised to keep CPD evidence for 3 years. The HKGBC will carry out CPD random checks on selected practitioners every year. When being asked to substantiate CPD fulfilment, RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals should:
- For Type 1 – provide supporting documents such as receipts, tickets or attendance certificates as evidence. If keywords, as stated in Clause 1 of Annex A, cannot be found on the certificate, programme/ flyer/ website may be used as evidence.
- For Type 2 – provide deliverables such as papers or notes of learning or transcript of study may be used as evidence.
- For Type 3 – confirmation letter/ email from CLP/ HK Electric/ project owner representative, meeting minutes or project submittals may be used as evidence.
- For Type 4 – meeting minutes/ invitation letter/ email or other supporting documents may be used as evidence.
Project Reference (for RCx Professional only)
After the registration period, the RCx Professional should provide two project references for the renewal of their registrations. Thereafter, the RCx Professional have to submit two project references every 5 years. The project references should be related to building commissioning/ energy services/ RCx/ retrofitting, etc. with job duties related to system control, operation and automation, installation and commissioning, energy management, instrumentation and use of data, measurement and verification, etc.
Document(s) to be submitted:
1. Annex 1 - Job verification letter. Please click HERE to download the letter template. The letter should be signed by authorised person (e.g. supervisor, project owner representative, etc.).
2. Relevant documents. The relevant documents (e.g. reports, emails, drawings and specification, etc.) should show the project name, your name and job duties.
Suspension Policy
If the RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals cannot filful the requiremens (Registration Fee / Renewal Fee, CPD Hours or Project Reference), their registrations will be suspended, and the status on RCx Directory will be shown as "Inactive". The suspended RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals have to fulfil the requirements within grace period in order to reactivate their registration, otherwise their registrations will be terminated. For relevant situations and grace periods, please refer to the table below:-
| Situation | Grace Period |
| Suspended due to overdue payment of registration fee/ renewal fee | Need to make up all the outstanding registration/ renewal fees during the 4-year registration period or 5-year renewal period in order to reactivate the registration |
| Suspended due to inadequate total CPD hours when renewal | Need to make up the outstanding CPD hours within 2 years in order to reactivate the registration |
| Suspended due to inadequate number of project reference when renewal | Need to make up the outstanding number of project reference within 2 years in order to reactivate the registration |
If the suspended RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals cannot make up all outstanding requirements (Registration Fee / Renewal Fee, CPD Hours or Project Reference) within the grace period, their registrations will be terminated. After termination, the candidates have to attend the RCx training and pass the RCx examinations with relevant payment again, and submit new applications for RCx Practitioners/ RCx Professionals to reacquire the registrations.
For enquiries, please contact the HKGBC Secretariat at 3994 8809 or rcx@hkgbc.org.hk.
