Hubei: Construction, purchase, and operation of green buildings, receiving 6 support policies

Source: China Construction Network

China Construction Network News (Reporter Yan Qiu) On March 23, the Hubei Provincial Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development released the "Hubei Province Green Building Development Regulations (Draft)", publicly soliciting opinions. The Regulations specify that green building projects shall enjoy preferential policies such as credit, finance, taxation, and financing in accordance with relevant national and provincial regulations. Building, purchasing, and operating green buildings will receive six support policies.

The Regulations have formulated 41 regulations to promote the development of green buildings in Hubei Province from six aspects: general principles, planning and construction, operation and renovation, guidance and incentives, legal responsibilities, and supplementary provisions.

The Regulations specify that activities related to the planning, design, construction, operation, renovation, technology promotion and application, guidance and incentives, and supervision and management of green buildings within the administrative region of this province must comply with the provisions of the Regulations.

In terms of planning and construction, the Regulations require that newly built civil buildings in cities and towns throughout the province should be constructed in accordance with green building standards. State office buildings, large public buildings, and public welfare buildings invested by the government in the central urban areas above the county level shall be constructed according to the standard of two star or above for green buildings; Affordable housing shall be constructed according to the standard of one star or above for green buildings. Encourage other civil buildings to be built according to the green building standards of one star or above.

In terms of operation and renovation, the Regulations stipulate that the green building grade, technical indicators, and quality warranty responsibility of the sold property should be truthfully stated in the sales contract for newly built commercial housing, residential quality assurance certificate, and residential user manual, and should be clearly stated on the sales site.

It is required to comprehensively implement the building energy efficiency evaluation system, calculate, verify, and conduct necessary testing on performance indicators that reflect the energy consumption of buildings and the efficiency of building energy consumption systems, evaluate the building energy efficiency level, and publicly display them in prominent positions of the building.

Existing large public buildings, government office buildings, and other public buildings invested and constructed by state-owned funds that do not meet the corresponding green building standards should be included in the green renovation plan. The renovation should be synchronized with the installation of energy consumption monitoring devices connected to the provincial building energy consumption supervision information system.

Encourage building energy-saving service institutions to provide contract energy management services for the operation of buildings and the green transformation of existing civil buildings. The benefits generated from energy conservation after renovation can be used to pay the service fees of energy-saving service institutions according to the contract agreement.

Encourage the integration of urban renewal and the renovation of old urban residential areas, orderly promote the implementation of green renovation of existing civil buildings, and comprehensively improve the comprehensive performance of existing buildings. Encourage the use of renewable energy in the renovation of existing buildings.

In terms of guidance and incentives, the Regulations clearly state that six supportive policies are implemented for the construction, purchase, and operation of green buildings:

1. For green buildings with a rating of one star or above, a certain financial subsidy can be given based on the building area. The housing deed tax collection base is calculated based on the total price of the purchase contract minus the full decoration cost, and the land transfer fee can be paid in installments. At the same time, corresponding reduction and exemption policies can be implemented when collecting various types of guarantees stipulated by the state;

2. When using housing provident fund loans to purchase one star or above green building commercial housing or ultra-low energy consumption building commercial housing, the loan amount shall be increased by a certain proportion, and the specific increase proportion shall be determined by the competent department of housing and urban-rural development; The housing provident fund loan amount shall not exceed the upper limit of the local housing provident fund personal loan amount;

3. Implement green buildings of one star rating or above, and provide fast services for approval, review, review, and other related matters through green channels in accordance with the law. For development and construction units participating in construction, priority can be given to handling relevant procedures such as qualification upgrades, extensions, and pre-sale permits;

4. Encourage financial institutions to provide a series of financial services for the entire lifecycle of green building industry, including project investment, building material production, engineering design, construction, renovation, and consumption. Provide differentiated services in terms of financing amount, loan interest rate, insurance premium rate, etc. based on the green building level, building energy consumption level, or assembly rate of the project;

5. One star or above green buildings, prefabricated building, ultra-low energy consumption buildings, near zero energy consumption buildings, zero energy consumption buildings, low-carbon buildings, zero carbon buildings and other projects are preferred in the evaluation of various engineering construction projects and related demonstration projects. And making obtaining star rated green building logos a necessary condition;

6. For enterprises that have achieved significant results in implementing green buildings, bonus points will be given in project bidding.

In terms of legal responsibility, the Regulations clearly stipulate that people's governments at or above the county level and other relevant departments and their staff members who violate the provisions of these Regulations shall be punished in accordance with the law in one of the following situations: those who illegally implement administrative licenses or administrative penalties; Failure to fulfill supervision and inspection responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of these regulations; Failing to promptly investigate and punish illegal behaviors, or sheltering or condoning illegal behaviors, resulting in consequences; Other cases of dereliction of duty, abuse of power, and favoritism.

If a construction unit violates the provisions of Article 13, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, and Paragraph 3 of these Regulations by failing to specify relevant requirements such as the green building grade in the commissioned design, construction, and supervision contract for a new civil building project, or by explicitly or implying that the entrusted unit violates the green building requirements in project design, construction, and supervision, the competent housing and urban-rural development department at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections, Impose a fine of not less than 200000 yuan but not more than 500000 yuan.

Those who violate the provisions of Article 13, Paragraph 4 of these Regulations by failing to conduct a special green building acceptance during the organization of project completion acceptance, or passing the completion acceptance of projects that do not meet the requirements of the construction drawing design documents, shall be ordered to make corrections by the competent housing and urban-rural construction department at or above the county level, and shall be fined not less than 2% but not more than 41% of the project contract price.

If a design unit violates the provisions of Article 14 of these Regulations by failing to design according to the green building level specified in the construction project planning permit, or if the construction drawing design documents do not contain green building design instructions or specialized content, the housing and urban-rural construction management department at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine of not less than 100000 yuan but not more than 300000 yuan; If losses are caused, they shall be liable for compensation in accordance with the law.

If the drawing review agency violates Article 15 of these Regulations by failing to review in accordance with the requirements of the green building standards or issuing a qualified opinion on the construction drawing design documents that do not meet the requirements of the green building standards, the competent department of housing and urban-rural development at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine of not less than 10000 yuan but not more than 30000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the review institution shall be punished for not engaging in construction drawing design review within one year.

If a construction unit violates the provisions of Article 16, Paragraph 2 of these Regulations and fails to organize construction in accordance with the relevant technical standards and construction drawing design documents of the national and provincial green construction, the housing and urban-rural construction management department at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine of not less than 2% but not more than 4% of the contract price of the construction project; If losses are caused, they shall be liable for compensation in accordance with the law.

If the supervising unit violates the provisions of Article 17 of these Regulations and fails to supervise in accordance with the relevant technical standards and construction drawing design documents of the national and provincial green construction, the housing and urban-rural construction management department at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a specified period of time; Those who fail to make corrections within the time limit shall be fined not less than 500000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the qualification level shall be lowered or the qualification certificate shall be revoked in accordance with the law; If losses are caused, they shall be liable for compensation in accordance with the law.

If a testing and energy efficiency evaluation institution violates Article 18 of these Regulations and a third-party testing or evaluation institution forges or issues a false evaluation report, the housing and urban-rural construction management department at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a specified time limit and impose a fine of not less than 10000 yuan but not more than 30000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the department responsible for qualification recognition shall revoke their evaluation qualification; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law.