A comprehensive analysis of building energy efficiency policies in China: status quo and development perspective

Li, Jun; Shui, Bin

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.061

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“…Furthermore, as pointed out by Li and Shui (2015), there are a number of outstanding challenges in the way forward in China's promotion of energy-efficient buildings, including insufficient local regulatory and financial support, difficulties in financing building retrofit, the discrepancy of building energy efficiency (BEE) implementation progress across regions, slow progress on heat reform (moving from local coal-fire boilers to district heating, and moving from charge based on floor area to actual energy use), and also the enormous scale of promoting building energy efficiency in rural areas that has only just begun. BEE policy development in rural areas has largely been left behind at the expense of the welfare of more than 200 million households in rural China.…”

Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…China has gradually altered the building energy efficiency policy portfolio, from a purely regulatory approach with a mandatory building code at the initial stage to voluntary green buildings initiatives (Li and Shui, 2015). GB 50189-2014 currently serves as the principal vehicle guiding the building design from the perspective of energy conservation.…”

Section: The Role Of Gb 50189-2014 On China's Building Energy Regulatmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is beyond the focus of this study to provide comprehensive description, references (BECRC 2012, Mo et al, 2010;Li and Shui, 2015;Peng et al, 2013;Shui et al, 2009) are available for more in-depth information.…”

Section: The Role Of Gb 50189-2014 On China's Building Energy Regulatmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Updates to the China Design Standard for Energy Efficiency in public buildings

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Yan

2015

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. This paper reviews the major changes to the standard, including expansion of energy efficiency coverage and more stringent efficiency requirements. The paper also discusses the interrelationship of the design standard with China's other building energy standards. Furthermore, comparisons are made with ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 to provide contrasting differences in efficiency requirements. Finally recommendations are provided to guide the future standard revision, focusing on three areas: (1) increasing efficiency requirements of building envelope and HVAC systems, (2) adding a whole-building performance compliance pathway and implementing a ruleset based automatic code baseline model generation in an effort to reduce the discrepancies of baseline models created by different tools and users, and (3) adding inspection and commissioning requirements to ensure building equipment and systems are installed correctly and operate as designed.

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Section: The Role Of Gb 50189-2014 On China's Building Energy Regulatmentioning

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2015

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“…To preserve the environment and reduce building energy consumption in China, a series of measures has been implemented in order to promote building energy efficiency. The measures mainly consist of introducing and improving energy codes and design standards for new and existing buildings [4], and the energy evaluation of buildings.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Rating System for Building Energy Efficiency Based on In Situ Measurement in China

Zhou

2017

Sustainability

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Building energy consumption in China recently surpassed the US building consumption, and it is expected to increase significantly in the next decade pushed by the continuous population and urbanization increase. In response to that situation, the Chinese government introduced a series of building energy codes and rating systems to assess and enhance the building energy performance. The purpose of this study is to develop a rating system for the building energy efficiency, based on in situ measurement. The system is intended for office buildings in China's cold zone. An evaluation framework, graphic dominant point, and principle of data collection and processing are illustrated in this paper. Three existing buildings were rated under the new rating system. The authors believe that the new system will contribute to a more accurate and comprehensive understanding for asset holders and occupants, that report on the extent to which energy efficiency buildings have been reached. Rating results are expected to be a reference for the retrofitting of existing buildings and the design of new buildings. In addition, the outlook for the rating system was also discussed.

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“…According to the different functions, this paper divides the public buildings into four types: government office buildings, medical buildings, shopping malls, hotel buildings. The existing incentive policy is not significant [2] .Shuai Gao finds that the owners' preferences for a variety of domestic policies determine the success of energy efficiency incentives or not. However,most research on the incentive policy tools of public buildings is based on the theoretical level, so they don't provide enough support in practice.…”

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The Research On The Preferences Of Public Building Owners For Energy Saving Incentive Policy Instruments

Zhang¹,

Miao²

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Innovations in Economic Management and Social Science (IEMSS 2017)

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Abstract:The preference of public building owners to the energy saving incentive Instruments of building determines the influence of policy tools,which is formulated and implemented by the government.In this paper,firstly we defines the types of building energy-saving incentive policies,and identify the influence factors of public building owners to incentive policy tools.Secondly, we analyzes the characteristics of the factors affecting the policy preferences of the public buildings, the preference of the public building owners to those policy tools and the relationship between them.Finally, in order to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings,the paper puts forward some policy suggestions for the government. 1.IntroductionIn recent years, with the rapid economic development, China's total energy consumption is growing rapidly year by year. China's building energy consumption accounts for 33% of the total social energy consumption, and the average per unit area energy consumption of public buildings is two or three times as much as other buildings [1] . Therefore, it is the fundamental way to realize the goal of saving energy by transforming the energy saving potential into the internal driving force of energy saving behavior under the guidance of the policy.Compared with other buildings, public buildings have more demonstration effect and social influence. Therefore, it is imperative to solve the high energy consumption of public buildings. The research results show that the incentive mechanism is an effective way to solve this problem. According to the different functions, this paper divides the public buildings into four types: government office buildings, medical buildings, shopping malls, hotel buildings. The existing incentive policy is not significant [2] .Shuai Gao finds that the owners' preferences for a variety of domestic policies determine the success of energy efficiency incentives or not. However,most research on the incentive policy tools of public buildings is based on the theoretical level, so they don't provide enough support in practice. Therefore,this paper pay attention to the preference of public building owners to incentive policy instruments from the perspective of the practice, basing on the motivation to stimulate the enthusiasm of the owners. Literature review and model building 2.1.Types of building energy-saving policy toolsThe incentive policy tools have different effects on the target groups, so different types of public building owners may have different preferences for the same incentive policy tools [ 3] . Many domestic and foreign scholars have carried out a study on the energy saving incentive policies. In this paper, the author sorts out the classification of building energy efficiency incentive policies, as shown in table 1.

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A comprehensive analysis of building energy efficiency policies in China: status quo and development perspective

Cited by 139 publications

References 32 publications

Updates to the China Design Standard for Energy Efficiency in public buildings

Updates to the China Design Standard for Energy Efficiency in public buildings

Developing a Rating System for Building Energy Efficiency Based on In Situ Measurement in China

The Research On The Preferences Of Public Building Owners For Energy Saving Incentive Policy Instruments

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