Integrated energy performance optimization of a passively designed high ...
Buildings account for more than 40% of the global energy consumption, and the residential energy use in China ranks first in main countries of the world [1]. High-rise residential buildings with prefabricated standard units are becoming a popular construction practice in densely populated areas to increase the land use efficiency [2].
Identifying practical sustainable retrofit measures for existing high ...
1. Introduction. Energy consumption in existing buildings accounts for about 40% of global energy use, which has exceeded the demand of the manufacturing and transportation sectors [1] ina is the world''s largest energy consumer in general, as well as the second largest for all buildings and the largest for residential buildings globally …
Evolution of Solar Photovoltaic Policies and Industry in China
This paper examines five stages in China''s SPV policy from mid-1990s to 2019. Each stage has implemented different combinations of policy program. These …
Regulations on fire safety management of high-rise civil buildings
5 of the Ministry of emergency management of the people''s Republic of China Regulations on fire safety management of high-rise civil buildings, which was deliberated and adopted at the 39th ministerial meeting of the Ministry of emergency management on December 28, 2020, is hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as …
BlackRock, Barclays and L&G cash in on rise of UK residential solar …
Hometree Group is consolidating and securitising the market . Happy Friday. Despite its famously rainy weather, the UK has major untapped potential for solar power.
Currently, there are many provinces and cities in China having adopted the solar obligation, leading to the discussion of solar obligation at national level. This paper …
Assessing the Solar Radiation Quantity of High-Rise …
Utilizing solar energy is safe and efficient with broad development prospects. According to relevant regulations of code for classification of urban land use and planning standards …
High interest rates, regulatory changes crushing US residential solar
Utility electricity prices have stabilized and even fallen from last year, making the prospective savings for a rooftop solar customer murkier. Major residential solar stocks have shed 30% or more ...
Fire safety guidance strengthened for new high-rise homes
New improvements to fire safety guidance form part of a wider update to tighten building regulations and provide clearer fire safety rules for the design or construction of residential developments.
Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Research on Energy Consumption …
Solar water heaters have been favored by many households of low-rise and multi-story residential buildings, but they have lost their place in higher high-rise residential buildings. Hence, it can be seen that optimizing the energy consumption mode has outstanding practical significance for building energy efficiency.
Development trend of green residential buildings in China under …
According to Section 3.1, due to the "top-down" and "centralized guidance to localities" characteristics of China''s green building development, the limitations of the current commercial market environment and consumer perceived value of green residential building in China in the high-quality development stage are influenced by the fact that ...
Frontiers | Towards a Sustainable Energy Planning Strategy: The ...
In recent years, China''s rapid urban development has resulted in a substantial increase in FAR, particularly in residential areas. A notable shift from low-rise row housing typology to a more common high-rise residential unit is certainly a key factor behind the increase of energy use in many Chinese cities.
The Impact of Building Morphology on Energy Use Intensity of High-Rise ...
Building operations account for a large amount of energy use and CO2 emissions, and the morphology of buildings in residential clusters strongly impacts energy efficiency performance. However, little research has focused on the morphology and energy electricity usage of high-rise residential clusters in hot summer and cold winter (HSCW) …
By July 2021, China''s cumulative installed residential PV capacity had reached more than 30 GW, with a total of 1.864 million residential units hosting solar PV systems. IHS Markit''s Holly Hu ...
Solar water heating system integrated design in high-rise …
The survey shows that south-north orientation, row layout and parallel arrangement are adopted in most residential buildings in China [10]. Table 1 displays the architectural layout of the typical existing high-rise residence communities using solar water heating systems in China. Note that, the distance between the buildings in these …
Solar water heating system integrated design in high-rise …
With the development of urbanization in China, more and more high-rise residential buildings are constructed, mostly with 10–15 stories. Solar water heating system has been widely used in low-rise residential buildings in China, while its application in high-rise apartment is still in the initial stage. In this paper, the current …
A review of approaches to low-carbon transition of high-rise ...
A comprehensive analysis of a low-carbon transition of China high rise residential buildings is presented in [4]. There Wang et al. propose some technological …
Solar energy potential using GIS-based urban residential …
As (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016) reported, since 2012, China''s residential energy consumption has risen 2% annually. ... The solar potential of high-rise residential buildings as Area 3 (Fig. 8) exhibits very different characteristics than other areas. Area 3, like Area 1, is orientated directly towards the south and north ...
Assessing the Solar Radiation Quantity of High-Rise …
the optimal mode of high-rise settlements with high solar radiation is explored, which can provide reference for further residential planning. Keywords: high-rise residential area; residential area layout patterns; solar radiation quantity 1. Introduction The 13th Five-Year Plan on energy strategy [1] of the People''s Republic of China has put ...
Physical Environment of Tall Residential Buildings: The Case of …
A multiple intensive land use development in Hong Kong is formed by an intensification of land use through mixing residential and other uses at higher densities at selected urban locations, together with an efficient transport and pedestrian network (Lau & Coorey, 2007; Lau, Ghiridharan, & Ganesan, 2003).Hong Kong is one of the Asian cities …
China''s Solar Subsidy Policy: Government Funding Yields to …
The Chinese Government has issued numerous regulations that significantly affect the number of photovoltaic (PV) installations in the country and the subsidies for their use. …
