China's largest buildings currently cover nearly 43 billion square meters of floor space, yet only 4 percent of them have adopted energy-efficiency measures, primarily for heating. The total bill for retrofitting these structures is estimated to be at least 1.5 trillion yuan (US$193 billion), according to Qiu Baoxing, vice minister of the Ministry of Construction. But Qiu also notes that retrofitting buildings with energy-efficient technologies can save China at least 150 million tons of standard coal annually as well as some 600 billion yuan (US$77 billion) in costs, equivalent to the electricity generated by four Three Gorges Dam projects, People's Daily reported.
The Euro-China Energy-Efficient Buildings Forum 2007 aims at exploring existing and novel approaches for sustainable technologies in building in a fast growing economy. The problem is highly complex and has many components including architectural, technical, financial, regulatory, social etc.
The European Chamber is glad to cosponsor this forum that brings together key players in the field of building energy-consumption and explores solutions for building lifecycles.
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