High Performing Buildings - Summer 2014 - (Page 18)
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S t u D y
Model
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China's
future
By Rick DiamonD, Ph.D.;
Wei Feng, Ph.D., memBeR aShRae;
anD ye Qing
As China's construction boom continues and air pollution from coal-fired
power plants grows worse, investment in energy-efficient buildings is on
the rise. The Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) Headquarters
Building was constructed as a living laboratory and has proven to be a model
building for sustainable design, not just for China but throughout the world.
It uses modest and simple architecture and incorporates dozens of sustainable
strategies, resulting in a building that uses less energy than its Shenzhen peers
and comparable U.S. buildings. It also creates a pleasant working environment
for occupants and costs less than conventional new construction.
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