A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Development of Green Building Policies in China
2.1. The Initiation of Green Building in China
2.2. Policy Support for Green Building in China
3. Scientific Research on Green Building in China
4. Development of Assessment Standards for Green Building in China
4.1. Emergence of Assessment Standards for Green Building in China
4.2. Effectiveness of the Assessment Standards System for Green Building in China
5. Development of Green Building Technologies in China
5.1. Research Progress of the Basic Theory
5.2. Technological Innovations in Energy Conservation and Energy Utilization in Green Building in China
5.3. Other Technical Innovations of Green Building in China
5.4. Practical Projects of Green Building Technology in China
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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No. | Types | Standard or Code | The Role of Standard or Code |
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1 | Guidance | Chinese Ecological Residential Technology Assessment Handbook (2001) | To supplement, improve, and guide the standards or codes issued during each period. |
2 | The Technical Essentials for Construction of Healthy Housing (2001) | ||
3 | Green Building Evaluation Technology Conditions (2007) | ||
4 | Green Building Evaluation Identity Management Method (2007) | ||
5 | For Beijing Olympics | Assessment System for Green Building of Beijing Olympic (GOBAS) | To guide the construction of the Beijing Olympic Games. |
6 | Implementation Manual of Green Building for Beijing Olympics | ||
7 | For every link in the building | Code for Green Building of Civil Building (2010) | Design is a key link in the whole life cycle of architecture. It dominates the influence of each stage of building on resources and environment. It is of great significance to promote the development of energy-saving and land-saving residential buildings and public buildings. |
8 | Evaluation Standard for Green Construction of Building (2010) | Promote green construction, standardize the evaluation method of green construction for building engineering, and develop the standard. | |
9 | Code for Green Construction of Building (2014) | Improve the utilization rate of building materials, promote the improvement of construction engineering management level, and promote the benign development of construction enterprises. | |
10 | Technical Code for Operation and Maintenance of Green Building (2016) | Operation and maintenance, as the longest stage of construction, is an important link in the life of the building. The code is effective and profitable. | |
11 | For different types of buildings | Evaluation Standard for Green Industrial Building (2013) | The development of green industrial buildings and assessment of green industrial buildings can collect important basic information of building energy consumption and water consumption, and provide important data support for formulating more comprehensive energy saving indicators. |
12 | Evaluation Standard for Green Office Building (2013) | Improve the assessment system of green building in China, and guide and promote the development of green office building. | |
13 | Assessment Standard for Green Store Building (2015) | Improve the assessment system of green building in China, and guide and promote the development of green store building. | |
14 | Evaluation Standard for Green Hospital Building (2016) | Compared with other types of buildings, hospital buildings have high performance requirements, strict environmental requirements, and different functional requirements. It is necessary to compile green building evaluation standard specifically for hospital buildings. | |
15 | Assessment Standard for Green Hotel Building (2016) | Improve the assessment system of green building in China, and guide and promote the development of green hotel building. | |
16 | Assessment Standard for Green Museum and Exhibition Building (2016) | It is of great significance and promotion for the whole society to pay attention to energy saving and environmental protection by promoting the development of green expo building. | |
17 | For existing building | Assessment Standard for Green Retrofitting of Existing Building (2015) | Improve the technology of green transformation and the system of products, and promote the development of green reconstruction of existing buildings. |
18 | For green building and healthy building | Assessment Standard for Green Building (2006) | The first national standard on green building. With the green building work step by step, the connotation and extension of green building have been continuously enriched. Various industries, various places, and various types of construction demand for green ideas to be put forward. However, this standard cannot fully meet the needs of green building practice and assessment work at the present stage. |
19 | Assessment Standard for Green Building (2014) | On the basis of old standards, the scope of evaluation objects is extended, the evaluation stage is clear, the evaluation method is more scientific and reasonable, and it is synchronized with the international community. The evaluation index is more systematic and perfect, taking full account of China’s national conditions. | |
20 | Assessment Standard for Healthy Building (2016) | China’s healthy building is based on green building. With the green building as the starting point, balance the performance, outstanding health is the optimal choice. |
Material | Example Diagram | Thickness (mm) | Thermal Resistance (m2·K/W) | Heat Transmission Coefficient (W/m2·K) |
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Harbin old building: ordinary brick wall 490 mm | | 510 | 0.797 | 1.056 |
Harbin old building: ordinary brick wall 370 mm (no heat preservation) | | 400 | 0.641 | 1.264 |
Modern method of heat preservation: thermal insulating wall | | 360 | 3.134 | 0.304 |
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Zhang, Y.; Kang, J.; Jin, H. A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving. Energies 2018, 11, 334. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11020334
Zhang Y, Kang J, Jin H. A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving. Energies. 2018; 11(2):334. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11020334
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Ying, Jian Kang, and Hong Jin. 2018. "A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving" Energies 11, no. 2: 334. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11020334