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Application Material for the Paulson Institute and CCIEE Prize for Cities of the Future PAGE 8 Nearly Zero Energy Building of China Academy of Building Research I. Project introduction 1. Background China and the United States are both major energy producers and consumers with strong complementarity in energy technology collaboration. Sino-US Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) was established on June 15th, 2009, with $150 million investment from both countries as the start-up capital. The opening ceremony of CERC has been held in Washington, D.C. on January 18th,2011. Dr. Steven Chu, Secr