%N 2
%J Energies
%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.
%V 11
%A Y Zhang
%A J Kang
%A H Jin
%K Science & Technology, Technology, Energy & Fuels, energy-saving, history of green building, assessment standard
%T A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving
%O © 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/).
%D 2018
%I MDPI
%L discovery10046943