China Energy Outlook 2020 - Flipbook - Page 82
Buildings Sector
Buildings in China have consumed approximately 20% share of total primary energy for more
than two decades (Tsinghua University, 2018), with energy consumption nearly tripling since
2000. Buildings are also responsible for 25% of the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
(LBNL et al., 2016). While direct coal use in buildings has dropped significantly, electricity use
has increased and now represents 27% of final energy use in residential buildings and 35% in
commercial buildings. With rising living standards and a goal of peaking carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions around 2030, it is critical that China improve building energy performance and
reduce associated CO2 emissions.
To control the rapid growth of energy consumption in the building sector, China’s Ministry of
Housing and Urban Rural Development (MOHURD) developed policies in the 13th FYP that cover
comprehensive energy efficiency in urban residential, commercial and public, and rural
residential buildings (MOHURD, 2017). Table 2-11 provides key policies developed by MOHURD
and their 2018 status.
Table 2-11. Key Targets for China’s Buildings, 2015 Actual, 2018 Progress, 2020 Goals
Reduce heating energy intensity in North China urban residential
buildings (%)
Retrofit existing residential buildings (million m2)
Increase the share of energy efficient urban residential buildings
in total urban residential building stock (%)
Retrofit existing commercial and public buildings (million m2)
Reduce energy intensity in urban public and commercial buildings
(% below the 2015 level)
Retrofit rural residential buildings in economic developed regions
(%)
Increase the share of green buildings (% of new urban residential
and public buildings with energy efficiency 20% greater than 2015
levels)
Increase green buildings total floor space
Increase the share of green building materials in total building
materials (%)
Increase the share of prefabricated new construction in total new
construction stock (%)
Increase the share of renewable energy in total energy use in
urban buildings (%)
Sources: MOHURD, 2017; MOHURD, 2019a
2015
Actual
--
2018
Progress
In progress
2020
Goal
-15%
-40
In progress
> 50
500
60
In progress
difficult
100
-5%
-
difficult
10%
20
35
50
470 million
m2
n/a
2 billion
m2
40
n/a
15
4
In progress
6
Table 2-12 provides information on the key energy-related policies and programs for the
buildings sector that are reviewed here. Of the six policies, four are regulatory/administrative
programs, and of those, three also incorporate additional economic, informational, or voluntary
components. In fact, all of the policies use multiple components to achieve their objectives,
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