Building toward a greener capital
皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2011-03-24 07:55
Future developments will play a key role in authority's energy reduction targets
Nothing concentrates the mind of economic planners like political instability in key overseas energy suppliers. 皇冠体育app's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) therefore not only mandates further reductions in the energy used to generate economic output, but for the first time sets overall consumption goals.
Making buildings more energy efficient will be a key element in achieving these goals. A National Geographic report on Jan 7 claimed the building sector now absorbs 30 percent of 皇冠体育app's energy, a threefold increase on 1980.
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