A comprehensive analysis of building energy efficiency policies in China status quo and development perspective 我国建筑节能政策的现状与发展前景.pdfVIP

Journal of Cleaner Production 90 (2015) 326 e344 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Cleaner Production journal homepage: /l ocate/jclepro A comprehensive analysis of building energy efficiency policies in China: status quo and development perspective Jun Li a, *, Bin Shui b a CGSB, Curtin University, Australia b ACEEE, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This article is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of building energy efficiency policies in light of Received 31 October 2013 improvements in energy performance, living standards and climate change mitigation in Chinas built Received in revised form environment. In recent years, China has added about 1.7 billion square meters of new floor space in both 22 November 2014 urban and rural areas on an annual basis. In 2010, the total area of existing buildings in China was Accepted 23 November 2014 Available online 12 December 2014 approximately 48.6 billion square meters, nearly twice the total of existing buildings areas in the Eu- ropean Union. How to improve energy efficiency in the soaring number of new buildings and accelerate the retrofit of the huge number of existing buildings are two daunting challenges currently facing China Keywords: Building energy efficiency in terms of energy security and climate change mitigation at a global