Dec 5, 2012
Study on the Economics of Green Buildings in China
Green Building projects may need additional investments, but they will also generate benefits. The difference between cost and benefits are the economic profits. However, for Green Buildings of different uses, and constructed at different times, the respective costs and the benefits would vary significantly. It is important to study the cost and benefits of Green Buildings from an economics perspective and assess their economic efficiency. Through a study on selected sample projects which have attained the different "Star" Grades under the China‟s Evaluation Standard for Green Buildings, this research project looks into the economics of Green Buildings in China, provides an overall framework for the assessment of the cost and benefits associated with these projects, and proposes directions for future policy development.
Dec 5, 2012
Building China's Sustainable Cities Future
Introduction of Energy Foundation China Sustainable Cities Program
Aug 30, 2012
Development Planning Research of Green Building in Chongqing
To start the green building work comprehensively; to investigate the technology application, industrial development and work progress of green buildings in Chongqing; to clear and definite the development status of green buildings; to further clarify the development idea of green buildings in Chongqing; to put forward scientific and feasible development planning of green buildings in Chongqing; to promote the effective progress of green building work in Chongqing and to plan to launch development planning research of green buildings in Chongqing.
Aug 29, 2012
Research of Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emission Reduction of Cool Roof in China
The project aims at quantifying the method of energy efficiency and CO2 emission reduction of cool roof in urban regional of China, and providing the theory and data support.
Aug 29, 2012
The Zero Energy Building Using Renewable Energy with Chinese Character
The national demonstration project of renewable energy building in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, approved by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, is achieved to build up a teaching or office building with renewable energy use to adjust temperature and comfortableness all year in Hot-summer & Cold winter area. There is used the Active Dynamic Air Envelope with air inter-layer. Fully use the advantage of underground temperature balance in a year and utilize renewable energy to adjust the flesh air temperature. The Underfloor Air Distribution System is including circle water with underground cool or hot source, underfloor radiator and flesh air vent. The used power of comfort adjusting system is equal or smaller than generated solar energy all year from photovoltaic cell on building roof. This project will store up solar hot in autumn and air cool in spring into underground for anti-reason use.
Aug 10, 2012
Research and Study of Application Potential of River Water Source Heat Pumps in Buildings in Chongqing and Research on the Special Planning
Large-scale application of river water source heat pumps in buildings.The research involves the research and analysis on river water resources (including Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, etc.) in Chongqing, to make clear the quantity, quality and distribution characteristics of river water resources, analyze their availability and usable amount, provide suggestions on the appropriate zone, guarantee mechanism and incentive measures for the planning implementation based on geographical features, climatic environment, local resources, forms of building structures and other characteristics of Chongqing, and sequentially provide a guarantee for promoting the technology promotion and application of river water source heat pumps in Chongqing as well as improve the quality of energy utilization for air conditioning and reduce the energy consumption.
Aug 1, 2012
Green Growth for China, A Literature Review
This paper summarizes a sizable literature that traces China’s rapid economic growth and the associated environmental problems to its unique and fundamental institutions, and discuss the implications of this on how China might grow more sustainably.
Jun 26, 2012
SUSTAINABILITY AT SCALE: MEETING CHINA'S URBAN DESIGN CHALLENGE
Energy Foundation Annual Report 2011
May 2, 2012
Study on the Promotion Mechanism for Green Development of Affordable Housing in Shenzhen
The construction of affordable housing is a major task of the national “twelfth five-year” plan of construction industry. In order to guarantee the quality of construction and build an ecological low-carbon city, Shenzhen requires that all affordable houses must be constructed in line with the green building standards, and achieve the bronze grade or above which specified by “Regulations on assessment of green buildings in Shenzhen”.
Apr 30, 2012
Strategic Study on Buildings Energy-efficiency Development in Northern Rural Areas of China
According to "China Rural Statistical Yearbook of 2006", annual household energy consumption for life in rural areas in 30 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) in China has reached 320 million tce, accounting for 20% of total building energy consumption in China. Promoting building energy-saving work northern rural areas is critical to the result of China’s overall building energy efficiency and is related to national energy strategies and sustainable economic and social development.
