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About your second last picture:

The China Pavilion is actually the big red one in the backround on the right side. I'm sure there are better pictures out there that wouldn't be as confusing for people who haven't seen it. If I didn't know better, I would think that the building at the center (which is actually nothing more than part of the central axis of the expo) was the China pavilion.

"Is it just a fad to impress foreigners, or a real bid by Beijing for environmental and economic leadership in the 21st century?"

Well, does it really matter? If the result is that China's construction industry becomes more eco-friendly in it's approach to building, well, that can hardly be a bad thing. If they at the same adheres to international green standards in manufacturing, then the overall result is positive, regardless of their political agenda. As abuilder in London, I don't see us creating green buildings on a massive scale. We have raised our standards for how well we insulate our houses, but in general I see more initiatives in other countries, ie.The E-Cube from the University of Ghent in Belgium, to building houses from straw bales in Germany.

China is doing well, and sure, a lot of it comes down to it being prestige projects, but who cares if it is for the greater good?

Martin Preisler

Are green buildings just a fad to sell a commercial property project? From the furious pace of construction going on in China that is certainly something we should worry about. Then again, just look at Hong Kong or Singapore property - there are bubbles building everywhere in Asia. While green buildings may be good for the environment, it is usually hard to justify on commercial terms - the payback period is usually very long.

Over ten years, China has gone through a series of steps towards a green building standard, culminating in the comprehensive 3-star rating system, which is similar to LEED.

While the first LEED buildings were driven by foreign multinational corporations and local developers in major cities on the eastern coast, second tier cities like Chongqing and Wuhan are now catching up. Green buildings are expanding geographically and there are more and more local customers.

China and outlined a few cases of solar panel systems, including Taige apartments, a monster complex in Shenzhen, as well as commercial and industrial sites. One by Zaha Hadid is coming in 2014.

I can see why people might see all this beautiful architecture as just a propaganda stunt (especially - as the article points out - several of the building are not green anyway). Events like the Olympics in particular are always used as national show cases. However actually China has tied itself to some quite tough climate change targets too for 2011-2015 such as

- A 16 percent reduction in energy intensity (energy consumption per unit of GDP)
- Increasing non-fossil energy to 11.4 percent of total energy use
- A 17 percent reduction in carbon intensity (carbon emissions per unit of GDP).

So lets give credit where it is due

ps remember the buildings at the Commonwealth Games in India?

It seems that many of these Chinese "green" projects feature designs aimed at capturing the eye of the international community instead of being real working example for the Chinese community to develop more energy efficient structures throughout the land.

This hurts the chance for them to get real movement towards implementing solar power for homes on a wide scale. Without widespread initiative these structures will just be symbolic and in some cases maybe symbolic of true waste.

K

While green buildings may Tavares be good for the environment, it is usually hard to justify on commercial terms - the payback period is usually very long.

Yes the Chinese are clearly making an effort with Green buildings as recent eventshave shown but please do not forget the appalling physical enviromental pollution China is guilty of all the time even as I write this. Also there is a huge difference between conditions in their flagship cities and the less glamourous industrial towns.

But yes credit where credit is due

This are some amazing images and the designs are most inspiring even for a Hawaii Web Designer like me, we often search for inspiration in building design such as the ones in this pictures, the color combination and the over all feel of the design is breath taking.

Some of them even look like they came out of a SiFi movie with real futuristic looks, what a great source of motivation this is.

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