Green Building Policy in Asia - China's Green Building Action Plan

China is paying more and more attention to green building development and in their 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) –Green Building Action Plan, the main targets are as follow: 

New buildings –

1. Targeted to have one billion m² of new green buildings; By the end of 2015, 20% of buildings in new cities have to be green.

 Energy-saving renovation of existing buildings –

1. complete heat metering and energy-saving renovation in Northern region for > 400 million square meters,
2. energy-saving renovation to cover 50 million square meters of buildings in hot summer and cold winder regions,
3. Retrofit the public buildings for 120 million square meters,
4.  implement 400,000 sets of energy saving demonstration projects in rural areas.
5.  By the end of 2020, the energy-saving construction of urban residential areas in northern region is basically completed.

For the whole action plan (in Chinese), please visit the following website: http://big5.gov.cn/gate/big5/www.gov.cn/zwgk/2013-01/06/content_2305793.htm