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In addition to improvements to subsidy procedures, our analysis shows
that addressing problems and barriers associated with green building
development in China will involve the introduction of several economic
incentive policies. Such policies may involve the introduction of EPCs that
allow energy companies to participate and the adoption of carbon trading
mechanisms and carbon taxes that make green building developers more
competitive in the market.
Acknowledgements This study was supported by funding from the APN
(LCI2012-05NMY(R)-Jupesta.) and from the Fudan Tyndall Centre of Fudan
University (FTC98503B09a). The authors would like to acknowledge support
provided through these two organizations.
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