Promoting energy conservation and carbon reduction in the construction field, empowering and adding color to the construction of a beautiful China

Source: Dongfang.com

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposes to promote clean, low-carbon, and efficient utilization of energy, and promote clean and low-carbon transformation in industries, construction, transportation, and other fields. Given that over the years, the situation of "massive construction, consumption, and emissions" in the construction industry still exists to a certain extent. Recently, after Xinjiang, Henan, Chongqing, Ningxia and other regions successively announced carbon peak implementation plans in the field of urban and rural construction, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development has also issued the "Guangdong Province Green Building Pricing Guidelines", which will be implemented from April 1, 2023. (March 18th, Economic Daily)

Construction, industry, and transportation are the three main areas of energy consumption in China. In recent years, with the continuous increase in national policy support, the steady progress of new urbanization construction, and the gradual establishment and improvement of relevant technical standard systems, although China's green building industry has maintained a high-speed development trend, we should also be aware that the construction industry is still one of the largest terminal energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the world. According to the 2022 China Building Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission Research Report released by the China Building Energy Conservation Association, the total energy consumption of the entire construction process in China is 2.27 billion tons of standard coal. The total carbon emissions from the entire construction process in China are 5.08 billion tons of carbon dioxide, accounting for 45.5% of the country's carbon emissions. From this set of data, it can be seen that carbon emissions in the construction industry are not a small number, and it also indicates that the construction industry has enormous potential for carbon reduction. Transforming the development model of the construction industry, promoting green buildings, building ecological cities, effectively implementing energy conservation and emission reduction, and addressing climate change can be said to have a long way to go.

The aspiration of the people for a better life is our goal of struggle. And green and low-carbon development is a grand "test question" and also a practical "test room". How to transform ideas and concepts into a vivid animation of development practice requires clear grasp and practical foothold from various regions and industries. For the construction industry, multiple measures should be taken to promote the quality upgrade of green buildings, that is, from the planning and positioning, design and construction, operation and management of the entire life cycle of buildings, fully considering comprehensive factors such as environmental protection, energy conservation, economy, comfort, and health, to maximize the coordinated development of buildings and ecology, and the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature, in order to better achieve the "dual carbon" goal in the construction field.

Specifically, the first step is to increase the promotion of energy conservation and carbon reduction in the construction industry, and comprehensively use market methods and policy guidance to increase the awareness and participation of the entire society, in order to promote building energy conservation, green buildings, and green construction among all sectors of society, and coordinate the coordinated development of the new construction industry supply chain.

Secondly, we must conscientiously implement the new development concept of the country, comply with the policy guidance of building energy conservation and environmental protection, and understand that in addition to reducing environmental protection costs, improving energy utilization efficiency, and obtaining market competitive advantages, investment in green buildings is not only conducive to improving the construction and management level of green buildings, improving the energy-saving standards of new buildings, and improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings Promoting the high-quality application of renewable energy and other measures to reduce building operating energy consumption also helps enterprises enhance their brand image, practice social responsibility, and strive to consolidate the foundation of high-quality growth, high-quality development, and sustainable development.

In addition, achieving high-quality development requires answers from high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, promoting green and low-carbon development, and technological innovation is the key support. For the construction industry, the same applies. This requires increasing scientific and technological breakthroughs in the construction field, increasing investment in the research and development of green building materials products and key technologies, encouraging the development of high-performance prefabricated components and component components, significantly increasing the proportion of green building materials application in urban new buildings, and promoting new functional and environmentally friendly building materials products and supporting application technologies. At the same time, it is necessary to promote the application of intelligent construction products and technologies, and improve the level of intelligent engineering construction; We need to use innovative technological means to convert geothermal and solar energy into energy that can be stored and utilized, so that the energy generated by the building exceeds the energy required for its own operation, and create a productive building.

Green buildings are high-quality buildings that save resources, protect the environment, reduce pollution, provide healthy, applicable, and efficient usage space for people throughout their entire lifecycle, and maximize the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. Although building energy conservation and carbon reduction work is a complex and systematic project, as long as the whole society works together to further increase the promotion of green building materials, green buildings, green communities, and clean energy and resource utilization, it will definitely continue to promote the clean and low-carbon transformation in the construction field, press the "acceleration key" to achieve the "dual carbon" goal, and add color to the empowerment of beautiful China