The students are tasked to develop a self-sustaining postgraduate school in Hong Kong where all energy has to be produced and all waste processed on site.
The school should provide education for at least 50 students and research facilities for 22 research scientists.
The constraints for this scenario included:
the site has been approved under the understanding that it will remain green and self-sustaining for both waste management and energy production,
the school must have very low impact on the Nam Lang Shan environment,
a centre of excellence in the development of green industrial processes must be created,
there is a budget of HK$1 billion.