US China Low Carbon City
- Case Studies
Chunhong Zhao
C.S. Kiang
Sustainable Development Technology Foundation
Michigan-China Clean Tech Conference
Dec 10, 2010
BACKGROUND
Resources & Consumption in China
China makes up 22% of the world’s population with limited
natural resources
● 1/3 of world’s average level of cultivated land; 1/4 of water; 1/5 of
forest service; 1/10 of oil and 1/22 of world average level of natural
gas
● China consumes 1/8 of the world’s oil supply, 44% of its cement,
31% of its coal, 31% of its crude steel, 25% of its aluminum
● China alone accounts for 6.6% of the global GDP (2006)
China National Plan
11th Five-Year Plan, 2006-2010
 Cut its per unit of GDP energy consumption by
20% from 2005 levels by the end of 2010
 Reduce major pollutants emission by 10% from
2005 levels, including COD and SO2.
12th Five-Year Plan, 2011-2015
 Reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions
per unit of GDP in 2020 by the 40 to 45 percent
from 2005 levels.
KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Innovation
Intellectual Property
Transparency
Rule by Law
Risk Management
Inter-discipline
Integration
Internationalization
Innovation
US-China Long Term Cooperation on
Low Carbon City Initiative——Timetable
• 2009.10.23, LCC Initiative Launch Ceremony (Beijing)
• 2009.11.15-17, US China Green-Tech Summit (Beijing)
• 2009.11.17-19, US China Mayors Leadership Development on Low Carbon City
Training Program (Beijing)
• 2010.7.8-10, Low Carbon City Development and Planning (Guangzhou)
• 2010.7.13-14, Low Carbon Development Strategy in Jiangsu Province (Nanjing)
• 2010.7.16-18, 2010 Low Carbon City Forum (Beijing)
• 2010.12, Low Carbon Development Strategy in Guangdong Province
(Guangzhou)
• 2011.8, 2011 Low Carbon City Forum (Polo Alto, US)
……
Two Cases in
US-China Long Term Cooperation
on Low Carbon City Initiative
CASE 1:
LINKING
RENEWABLE ENERGY WITH
TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES
Solar· Agriculture · LED
——Solar Greenhouse
Solar Greenhouse Site
Solar· Agriculture · LED
——Solar Greenhouse
• Project Introduction
To demonstrate and study new low carbon agriculture
projects by adopting solar photovoltaic power generation
technology to traditional agricultural greenhouse.
• Expected Outcome
•To collect and summary the influence of solar PV technology for
agriculture;
• To calculate the economic and social benefit of solar
greenhouse projects for agriculture and PV industry;
• To study and provide a possible solar greenhouse solution；
•To discover a new path to develop agriculture and new energy.
Solar· Agriculture · LED
——Life LED
Facilities Agricultures(设施农业)
Plants
植物
Tissues Cultures （组织培养）
Indoor Light Supplements(室内)
Poultry （禽）
Mammalia （哺乳）
Range
Animals
应用范围
动物
Fishery （渔业）
Moth-killing （选择性害虫诱捕）
Microorganism --- ( Algae, Bacteria)藻类，菌类
微生物
Solar· Agriculture · LED
——Life LED
LED Advantages for the Livings
 LED can radiate spectrum in specific small range
 LED can radiate full spectrum with various color temperature
 The luminous intensity of LED could be adjusted.
 Luminosity of LED responds quickly(ms)
 LED is cold light
 LED light works with small heat output and small volume.
Solar· Agriculture · LED
——Life LED
Solar· Agriculture · LED
——Life LED
CASE 2:
Low Carbon Community
Capacity Building
Training Centers for Building
Efficiency
Life-Cycle Building Carbon Footprints
• TO deliver the measurable standards and its methodology on low
carbon building in life-cycle approach.
• TO implement commons standards calculation methodology on
prototype buildings, and adjust it to be eligible in both developing and
developed countries.
• TO accelerate the process to reduce the building carbon footprints,
contributing to accomplishment of national carbon emission reduction
target.
Life-Cycle Building Carbon Footprints
……
Indicators
of
Benchmark
Identification:
Climate region
New or existing
Building type
Data
Methodology
for
building inventory in
life-cycle approach
Pre-construction
Construction
Maintenance
Post-use
Systematic
Verification
Building
material
Process
Management
team
Monitoring
US-China Cooperation
Create New Jobs, Reduce Carbon Footprints.
LEARNING BY DOING
“学中做，做中学”
THANK YOU
谢谢