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Under current policies covering green buildings, including economic
policies, green building quantities and areas have increased significantly
since 2008 (Fig. 3.2). By the end of 2013, 704 projects had been awarded
green building certificates, and the total green building floor area cov-
ered 86.9 million square meters. There are 648 green building projects
(79.3 million square meters) at the design stage and 56 green building
projects (7.6 million square meters) at the operation stage. Compared
to 2012 levels, the number of green buildings increased by 81.0 %, and
the total floor area increased by 112.3 %. The number of one-star green
buildings increased by 90.1 %, and the corresponding floor area increased
by 143.2 %. The number of two-star green buildings increased by 115.6 %,
and the corresponding floor area increased by 121.4 %. The number of
three-star green buildings increased by 10.6 %, and the corresponding
floor area increased by 19.4 % (The Eleventh Session of the China 2014 ).
Of the 704 green buildings identified, 61 were approved by the Science
and Technology Promotion Centre of the Ministry of Housing and
Urban–Rural Development. A total of 180 green buildings were approved
by the City Science Studies of China. The remaining 463 green buildings
were approved by local authorities. Green buildings have been built in
28 provinces and cities throughout China since 2008 (Fig. 3.3) (Chinese
Construction News and Tianjin Daily 2013 ).
However, this expansion of new green buildings represents a much
smaller trend compared to recent overall building sector growth trends
in China. For instance, the total new constructed building area was 3892
million square meters in 2003, but the total constructed green building
Table 3.5 Subsidy schemes of five provinces and cities in China for green
buildings.
City/province Subsidy scheme
Shanghai Average 60 yuan/m^2 for two- and three-star green buildings.
Maximum of 6 million yuan for a single project.
Tianjin Maximum of 10 % of project investment for the green building subsidy.
Xi’an 5 yuan/m^2 for one-star green buildings, 10 yuan/m^2 for two-star
green buildings, and 20 yuan/m^2 for three-star green buildings.
Shandong 15 yuan/m^2 for one-star green buildings, 30 yuan/m^2 for two-star
green buildings, and 50 yuan/m^2 for three-star green buildings.
Jiangsu 15 yuan/m^2 for one-star green buildings, 25 yuan/m^2 for two-star
green buildings, and 35 yuan/m^2 for three-star green buildings.