%0 Journal Article %@ 1996-1073 %A Zhang, Y %A Kang, J %A Jin, H %D 2018 %F discovery:10046943 %I MDPI %J Energies %K Science & Technology, Technology, Energy & Fuels, energy-saving, history of green building, assessment standard %N 2 %T A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10046943/ %V 11 %X This paper reviews the history of green building development and assessment standards in China, particularly from the perspective of energy saving. It is divided into four parts: (1) the development of policies of green building in China that have been proposed for meeting energy-conservation and emission-reduction targets; (2) the scientific research on green building by the Chinese government, including the promotion of maximum resource sustainability, environmental protection, and the reduction of pollution; (3) the development of assessment standards for green building in China; and (4) the development of green building technologies in China. %Z © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).