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Guangzhou
launches energy-saving project (2006-05-11) |
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Xinhua |
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Guangzhou, capital of south China's
economic engine Guangdong province,
has launched an energy-saving project
for new buildings and will promote the
use of solar and wind energy and thermal
heat transfer. |
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The new buildings are expected to
cut their energy consumption by 50 percent.
The program will also improve the energy
efficiency of existing buildings, which
includes an area of 266.7 million square
meters. The project will be completed
in 2010, according to a municipal energy-saving
conference. When the project is fully
accomplished in 2010, it will help save
1.59 billion kilowatt-hour of electric
power, to the equivalent of 5.56 million
tons of standard coal, or the total
energy consumption of a middle-sized
city in one year. Local government will
designate new buildings as normal, energy-saving
or low-energy ones. |
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Energy consumption from buildings
accounts for 27.6 percent of China's
total energy consumption. The high building
energy consumption, especially caused
by air-conditioners, has tightened energy
supply in the subtropical city. |
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Meanwhile, local government will spur
the use of solar and wind energy and
thermal heat transfer in new buildings.
The priority will be the use of solar
energy and central heating system in
hotels, hospitals, schools, roads and
residential areas. |
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