Meta Data
Title in national language: 
民用建筑节能条例
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2008
Effective Start Year: 
2008
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Rule/Regulation
Economic Sector: 
Building
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Geothermal, Solar
Issued by: 
State Council of China
Overall Summary: 
The regulation is established to strengthen energy management of civil buildings, reduce energy consumption during operation of civil buildings and increase energy efficiency. Civil buildings in the regulation refer to residential buildings, office buildings for State agencies, and buildings for commerce, services, education, and public health, as well as other such public buildings.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
The State actively promotes heat supply system reform, formulates a price mechanism for heat supply, encourages development of centralized supply and gradually implements pricing by amount of heat usage.
EE financial incentives: 
People's governments above county level shall allocate funds to support activities regards to civil building energy conservation, such as technology research, standard setting, retrofitting for building envelope structure and heat supply system, application of renewable energy and promotion of energy conservation pilot project. These projects are entitled to preferential tax according to relevant law.
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
People's governments at all levels shall make substantial efforts in the work of publicizing and educating on civil building energy conservation.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
The State encourages and supports, in new construction and the retrofit of existing buildings, the use of solar energy, geothermal energy and other renewable energy sources.
RE action plans: 
For regions that possess conditions for solar energy utilization, relevant local people's governments and their departments shall adopt effective measures to encourage and assist entities and individuals to install solar hot water systems, lighting systems, heating supply systems, heating and cooling systems, and other solar energy utilization systems.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
People's governments at all levels shall strengthen leadership over the work of civil building energy conservation, and actively nurture service markets for civil building energy conservation, construct and improve a service system for civil building energy conservation. - Construction department of the State Council shall compile and draft national civil energy conservation plan under guidance of the Medium and Long-Term specialized plan and make it in line with other related plans. - Besides, construction department of the State Council shall establish standard system for civil building energy conservation.
M&E of policy implementation: 
Construction department in the State Council shall take responsibility of monitoring and supervising civil building energy conservation projects at national level; local government above county level shall be responsible for monitoring and supervising civil building energy conservation management within their districts.
Technology
Clean energy technology deployment: 
People's governments above county level shall allocate funds to support activities regards to civil building energy conservation, such as technology research, [...] application of renewable energy and promotion of energy conservation pilot project. These projects are entitled to preferential tax according to relevant law.
R&D energy efficiency: 
People's governments above county level shall allocate funds to support activities regards to civil building energy conservation, such as technology research, [...], application of renewable energy and promotion of energy conservation pilot project. These projects are entitled to preferential tax according to relevant law.