The story appears on

Page A12

October 24, 2018

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

Home » Business

Taking the global lead in pushing green design

More than 1,600 green building projects, covering over 61 million square meters, have been certified as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, so far in China, according to the 2018 Greenbuild China which opened at Shanghai Tower yesterday.

This included more than 1,300 LEED certified projects spanning over 50 million square meters on the Chinese mainland, Mahesh Ramanujam, president and chief executive officer of the US Green Building Council, told the conference. The council’s LEED is the world’s most widely used green building rating measurement.

Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green buildings and sustainable environment. The two-day conference, held in China for the second time, has attracted more than 600 participants from around the world.

Outside of the US, China now ranks No.1 in terms of the size of LEED certified green building area.




 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend