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The term of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become ubiquitous in construction industry of China. The purpose of this study is to investigate implementation of BIM in construction industry in China, including the BIM strategy, the BIM standards, and the projects that utilized BIM and so on. The methodology for this paper is based on a literature review of the strategy, the standards in relation to BIM and a detailed case study of 30 BIM implementation projects in construction industry in China. A range of key factors that affected the BIM implementation and the initiatives to accelerate the BIM development in China were found in this paper, such as the BIM standards system, the BIM commercial model, BIM contribution to sustainability and so on. From the research findings, some conclusions and recommendations were drawn to explore effective ways to promote the BIM implementation in China.

Application status of solar energy and geothermal energy in Green Building Label (GBL) projects is investigated at first. Then, characteristic features of provisions for evaluating renewable energy utilization in current Chinese national standard are analyzed. It's followed by introduction of evaluation method for renewable energy in other green building systems. At last, discussion on scientific and technical rationality of the evaluation method is proposed. The investigation and analysis could be helpful for revising related provisions in current Chinese standard.