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BEA Welcomes New Technical Partners and Cities

BEA — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:31:13 +0000

Over the next 2 years, we look forward to working with 6 new subnational jurisdictions: Belén, Costa Rica; Campeche, Mexico; Comayagua, Honduras; Msunduzi Municipality, South Africa; Nagpur, India; and Shanghai Changning District, China. We also welcome the expertise of new global organizational partners Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, and Buildings 2030. The BEA is actively recruiting new partners. Cities interested in joining the BEA can email us directly at [email protected] for more information.

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China’s clean, green buildings of the future

Debbie Weyl — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:56:35 +0000

China’s 13th Five Year Plan for Building Energy Efficiency and Green Building Development includes aggressive goals for green building construction and renovation, including a requirement for 50% of all new urban buildings to be certified green buildings. The plan also specifies pilot programs for constructing and renovating energy efficient primary and secondary schools, community hospitals and public buildings. Read more here.

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How Can China’s Green Building Sector Grow Fivefold by 2030? 3 Cities Show Us the Way

Debbie Weyl — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:20:39 +0000

Chinese cities—including Changning District, Wuxi City High-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Suzhou Taihu New City—are starting to show us the path forward on how to improve building efficiency in the face of massive development and urbanization.

The Building Efficiency Accelerator Launches Activities in East Asia

Debbie Weyl — Tue, 02 May 2017 22:47:54 +0000

On March 22, 2017, the BEA’s East Asia launch brought together stakeholders from government, non-profit and the private sectors to showcase the building efficiency work of three leading Chinese districts – Changning District, Wuxi City High-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Suzhou Taihu New City – and two current BEA cities – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Iskandar, Malaysia.

The launch forum was co-hosted by BEA global partners including ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability East Asia Secretariat (ICLEI EAS), World Resources Institute (WRI), Johnson Controls (JCI), and the China Society for Urban Studies (CSUS). The forum took place at the largest annual green building conference in China, the Thirteenth International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo in Beijing.

Along with districts sharing experiences and best practices in promoting building sector energy efficiency, the forum included an expert panel discussion and an interactive assessment activity to map stakeholder views on a set of building efficiency topics.

Strengthening Private Sector Collaboration in Shanghai

Debbie Weyl — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:41:44 +0000

In December, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) held a seminar in Shanghai, China on connecting green finance and building efficiency as part of their Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) 2.0 initiative. Representatives from several BEA partners joined the seminar, including WBCSD, Johnson Controls (JCI) and World Resources Institute (WRI). The seminar served... Read more »

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