Best Policy Practices

Best Policy Practices
Policy for public buildings and government 0ffices
China
It is good policy to look, where there is
room for improvement. The best starting
place is one’s own house.
After establishing a statistical, auditing and disclosure system
for energy consumption of government office buildings, the
Ministry of Construction (MOC) will identify ten energyinefficient
buildings in Beijing, and in other cities, and publish
the information every year. (Source: China Construction Daily
2006-08-02)
In China, government office buildings and large public
buildings are important targets in the field of sustainable buildings
and construction (SBC).
China currently has about 500 million square metres of
large public buildings. The electricity consumption is around
70–300 kWh per square metre per year, which is 10 to 20
times more than in housing, making these buildings an important
target for reducing energy consumption . By just fixing
equipment, 30% to 50% energy will be saved, while after reconstruction,
around 50% to 70% energy will be saved.
There is also about 600 million square metres of government
office buildings, which is about 6.2% of the total area of
urban civil buildings. If energy-saving reconstruction in all the
government office buildings is carried out, resulting in 50%
energy savings, it will save 18 million tons of coal equivalent
(TCE).
Energy-saving reconstruction of government office buildings
will be the breakthrough, it will take about 5 to 10 years
to basically complete the work to change society’s behaviour
and improve energy efficiency in buildings.
China will establish the statistical, audit and disclosure
system for energy consumption of government office buildings
and large public buildings.
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