Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi
Promoting energy efficiency (EE) requirements for new residential buildings has been proven to be an effective way to slow down the rapid increase of energy consumption. Its successful implementation relies significantly on the attitudes and participation of various stakeholders within the industry,...
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| description | Promoting energy efficiency (EE) requirements for new residential buildings has been proven to be an effective way to slow down the rapid increase of energy consumption. Its successful implementation relies significantly on the attitudes and participation of various stakeholders within the industry, yet they are normally taken for granted. This paper explores and reports both the consensus among and the diversity of the attitudes of frontline stakeholders toward future EE requirements in the new residential building sector via a nationwide Delphi questionnaire distributed to 29 institutes and 25 experts. Results indicate that promotion of approximately 30% EE every five years until 2030 is suggested and that 20% EE promotion every five years is the most likely to be achieved. In addition, China should progressively adopt the energy intensity index into the current building EE evaluation system. This paper also gives a detailed description of opinions from frontline stakeholders. The findings are expected to help researchers and policymakers better understand the true attitudes of stakeholders, thereby enabling the formation of a proper outlook for new residential building EE promotion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2031a142930a4e49b3270805ca0a2c9c2022-12-22T02:07:25ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-04-01129162910.3390/en12091629en12091629Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using DelphiYinan Li0Neng Zhu1Beibei Qin2School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaSchool of Built Environment, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AW, UKPromoting energy efficiency (EE) requirements for new residential buildings has been proven to be an effective way to slow down the rapid increase of energy consumption. Its successful implementation relies significantly on the attitudes and participation of various stakeholders within the industry, yet they are normally taken for granted. This paper explores and reports both the consensus among and the diversity of the attitudes of frontline stakeholders toward future EE requirements in the new residential building sector via a nationwide Delphi questionnaire distributed to 29 institutes and 25 experts. Results indicate that promotion of approximately 30% EE every five years until 2030 is suggested and that 20% EE promotion every five years is the most likely to be achieved. In addition, China should progressively adopt the energy intensity index into the current building EE evaluation system. This paper also gives a detailed description of opinions from frontline stakeholders. The findings are expected to help researchers and policymakers better understand the true attitudes of stakeholders, thereby enabling the formation of a proper outlook for new residential building EE promotion.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/9/1629building energy efficiency promotionnew residential buildingsfrontline opinionsDelphiChina |
| spellingShingle | Yinan Li Neng Zhu Beibei Qin Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi Energies building energy efficiency promotion new residential buildings frontline opinions Delphi China |
| title | Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi |
| title_full | Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi |
| title_fullStr | Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi |
| title_short | Target Setting Outlook for New Residential Building Energy Efficiency Promotion in China: A Frontline Perspective Using Delphi |
| title_sort | target setting outlook for new residential building energy efficiency promotion in china a frontline perspective using delphi |
| topic | building energy efficiency promotion new residential buildings frontline opinions Delphi China |
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