ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICIES... 413.1.2 Green Buildings in China TodayGreen building promotion has become a major issue of building develop-
ment in the context of low-carbon sustainability since the 1990s. In recent
years, various countries have formed their own green building assessment
systems for supporting green building development based on local reali-
ties. The “Evaluation Standards of Green Building” (hereafter referred to
as “the Green Standards”) came into force in China in 2006 (Ministry of
Construction of China 2006 ), which indicates that China has taken formal
steps to promote green building development.
Two main types of buildings (i.e., residential and public buildings)
are addressed under the Green Standards. The Green Standards present
the following six measures for assessing standards under their evaluation
system: land saving, outdoor environments, energy saving and energy
performance, water saving and utilization, material saving and utiliza-
tion, and indoor environment quality and operations management. Each
Table 3.2 (continued)
No. Title Status
17 Cold Storage Air Conditioning Engineering Technologies
(JGJ158—2008)
Implemented18 Urban Heating System Evaluation Criteria (GB/T50627—2010) Implemented
19 Technical Specifications on Sun Shading Building Engineering
(JGJ 237—2011)
Implemented20 Technical Regulation Urban Geothermal Heating Project (CJJ
138—2010)
Implemented21 Thermal Design Code for Civil Buildings (GB50176—93) Implemented
22 Technical Index of Tianjin City Residential Building Energy
Saving Design
To be issued23 Technical Specification for Public Building Energy Saving
Reconstruction
To be issued24 The Thermal Environment of Residential Design Standards To be issued
25 Technical Specification for Centralized Heating Systems of Room
Temperature Control and Heat Metering
To be issued26 Meteorological Parameter Standard for the Energy Efficiency of
Buildings
To be issued27 Technical Specification for Centralized Heating Systems for Room
Temperature Control and Heat Metering
To be issued28 Effects of Standard Whole Life Cycle Building Sustainability
Assessments
To be issued29 Specification for Energy Saving in Town Heating Systems To be issued