Managing energy efficiency of buildings in China: A survey of energy performance contracting (EPC) in building sector

Zhang, Mingshun; Wang, Mujie; Jin, Wei; Xia-Bauer, Chun

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.11.065

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“…Decisions between them are deemed critical to affecting the overall performance of EPC projects [82]. Although EPC has been commonly regarded as a mechanism (contract arrangement) able to achieve mutual benefits for both the ESCO and the EU [46,83], opportunistic behaviors can occur if inappropriately dealt with, which bring adverse impacts to the mutually cooperative relationship [80]. The cooperative and opportunistic behaviors and decisions in EPC projects have recently emerged as a research topic.…”

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Promoting Energy Performance Contracting for Achieving Urban Sustainability: What is the Research Trend?

Zhang

Yuan

2019

Energies

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The increasing demand for applying energy performance contracting (EPC) for urban energy conservation has resulted in a significant amount of publications over the past decade. This study tries to identify future research trends in the subject of EPC through analyzing 127 journal papers published from 2008 to 2018. Based on the analysis and discussion of the EPC research, several main research trends were identified. The research results reveal an increasing research interest in EPC over the period. The findings imply that case study is the major research method and descriptive analysis and statistical analysis are primarily used for data analysis. In addition, EPC research in the past decade focused on five major research topics, which are ‘implementation of EPC projects’, ‘EPC mechanism and business models’, ‘decision-making in EPC projects’, ‘Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) in EPC projects’, and ‘risk management in EPC projects’. Based on the five research topics, future research trends and directions in EPC were identified as well. The findings of this study can be informative and valuable for guiding future research in EPC, and are particularly helpful for researchers who are keen to open a new window of investigating EPC issues worldwide.

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Promoting Energy Performance Contracting for Achieving Urban Sustainability: What is the Research Trend?

Zhang

Yuan

2019

Energies

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“…Experience from developed countries shows that the building industry will account for 30% of annual global CO2 emissions and 40% of total energy consumption in 2030 [7]. The fast increase of energy consumption has not gone unnoticed and translates into the serious risk of China locking itself in with a large and energy-inefficient housing stock [8]. According to the "13th-Five Year Plan of Building Energy Conservation and Green Building Development" (PLAN) published by China's central government in 2016, all new residential buildings should be built to a standard of 72% energy efficiency (EE) level, compared with the 1980s level, and some advanced provinces have increased this requirement to 75%.…”

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“…According to the "13th-Five Year Plan of Building Energy Conservation and Green Building Development" (PLAN) published by China's central government in 2016, all new residential buildings should be built to a standard of 72% energy efficiency (EE) level, compared with the 1980s level, and some advanced provinces have increased this requirement to 75%. Additional policy measures to ensure the realization of the targets have also been proposed by central and local governments, by eliminating the known barriers in the current policy system, stimulating market-based innovations, improving The fast increase of energy consumption has not gone unnoticed and translates into the serious risk of China locking itself in with a large and energy-inefficient housing stock [8]. According to the "13th-Five Year Plan of Building Energy Conservation and Green Building Development" (PLAN) published by China's central government in 2016, all new residential buildings should be built to a standard of 72% energy efficiency (EE) level, compared with the 1980s level, and some advanced provinces have increased this requirement to 75%.…”

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What Affects the Progress and Transformation of New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: Stakeholders’ Perceptions

Zhu

Qin

2019

Energies

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Nationwide energy efficiency (EE) promotion of new residential buildings is affected by multiple factors regarding policies, markets, technologies, capacities, and economics. The perceived influences of these factors by stakeholders are crucial to the effectiveness evaluation of current policies and the selection of policy instruments. However, they are normally assumed or taken for granted. The knowledge gap between stakeholders’ perceptions and research assumptions may lead to researchers’ recognition bias. Correspondingly, this paper aims to identify the significant factors, perceived by frontline stakeholders, influencing nationwide EE promotion of new residential buildings before 2020 and 2030. Factors were collected through literature review and their influence were evaluated via Analytical Hierarchy Process based on the data collected in the questionnaires distributed to 32 institutes. The theory of Nested Policy Design Framework and Policy Environment was used to structure the hierarchy and generate policy implications. Results indicate that (1) policy factors are of the greatest influence before 2020 and market perfection factors will have great influences from 2020 to 2030, indicating the transformation of governance arrangement to “market-based” and “network-based” from the current legal-based system; and (2) factors regarding market needs are of significant influence in both terms, revealing the way the transformation should be accomplished.

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“…Many building energy efficient design standards have clarified the technical indexes of these PEEEMs internationally, nationally, and locally [5,6]. For example, the limits of U-value of exterior walls, windows, roof, and sun-shading coefficient of exterior windows are clearly listed in Chinese national standard series of GB 50189 [7,8].…”

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Optimization of Passive Envelop Energy Efficient Measures for Office Buildings in Different Climate Regions of China Based on Modified Sensitivity Analysis

Wang

Zhao

2018

Sustainability

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With the growing desire for new buildings and better indoor comfort, the amount of energy consumption of office buildings in China is increasing rapidly, which will lead to the great challenge for energy supply and sustainable development. Building passive envelop energy efficient measures (PEEEMs), mainly including exterior wall insulation, roof insulation, different glazing types, and shading system, were widely applied. However, the specific energy efficient performance of PEEEMs was various in different climate conditions that have not been evaluated clearly yet. The priority order of PEEEMs was not recommended in relative standards. The economic benefits cannot be considered synchronously with PEEEMs optimization. This paper modified the sensitivity analysis to fit the building energy efficiency evaluation. By combining the modified method with a simulation tool, the energy efficiency and economic effects of PEEEMs of office buildings in various climate regions can be considered at the same time. Four case buildings in Shenyang, Tianjin, Ningbo, and Shenzhen were proved to reach the energy-saving potentials of 9.44%, 7.75%, 20.87%, and 13.27% respectively, with the payback period of no more than 1.5 years. Finally, the recommended application priority rankings and the recommended ranges of thermal performance properties of PEEEMs in the four typical climate regions were presented.

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Managing energy efficiency of buildings in China: A survey of energy performance contracting (EPC) in building sector

Cited by 57 publications

References 11 publications

Promoting Energy Performance Contracting for Achieving Urban Sustainability: What is the Research Trend?

Promoting Energy Performance Contracting for Achieving Urban Sustainability: What is the Research Trend?

What Affects the Progress and Transformation of New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: Stakeholders’ Perceptions

Optimization of Passive Envelop Energy Efficient Measures for Office Buildings in Different Climate Regions of China Based on Modified Sensitivity Analysis

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