Regulations of Zhejiang Province on Green Building

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Building Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Energy Conservation Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Regulations on Energy Conservation of Civil Buildings and other relevant laws and administrative regulations, and in light of the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the planning, construction, operation, transformation and other activities related to green buildings within the administrative area of this province, as well as the supervision, management, guidance and encouragement of green building activities. The term "green building" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to civil buildings that meet the requirements of energy saving, water saving, land saving, material saving, pollution reduction and environmental protection, provide people with healthy, applicable and efficient use space, and are in harmony with nature. The term "civil buildings" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to residential buildings, office buildings of state organs and public buildings for other purposes such as commerce, service industry, education and health (including buildings used for office and living services within the scope of industrial land). Article 3 The people's governments at or above the county level shall promote the development of green buildings, incorporate them into the national economic and social development plan, and take them as the assessment contents of the people's governments at lower levels. Fourth people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the guidance, supervision and management of green building activities within their respective administrative areas. The departments of development and reform, economy and informatization, finance, urban and rural planning, land and resources, environmental protection, water conservancy, transportation, science and technology, statistics and government affairs management of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, according to their respective functions and duties, do a good job in the development of green buildings. Fifth people's governments at or above the county level shall encourage and support the research, development, demonstration, promotion and publicity and training of green building technology, and promote the progress and innovation of green building technology. Units and individuals that have made remarkable achievements in green building work shall be commended and rewarded by the people's governments at or above the county level in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. Chapter II Planning and Construction Article 6 Green buildings are divided into three grades: one-star, two-star and three-star according to the technical application level of energy saving, water saving, land saving, material saving and environmental protection. The provincial construction administrative department shall, according to the national standards, combine the natural environmental conditions and economic development level of this province, formulate the mandatory standards for green buildings, and determine the technical requirements for green buildings of corresponding grades. Seventh new civil buildings (except farmers' self-built houses) within the scope of urban construction land determined by the overall planning of cities and towns shall be built in accordance with the mandatory standards for green buildings of one star or above. Among them, the office buildings of state organs and other public buildings invested by the government or mainly invested by the government shall be built in accordance with the mandatory standards for green buildings with two or more stars; Encourage other public buildings and residential buildings to build in accordance with the technical requirements of green buildings with two or more stars. Article 8 The competent department of construction of the people's government of a city or county (city) divided into districts shall, jointly with the departments of development and reform, land and resources, urban and rural planning, economy and informatization at the same level, organize the preparation of special plans for green buildings in their respective administrative areas, and announce them to the public after being approved by the people's government at the same level. The special planning of green buildings should define the development goals, key development areas and industrialization requirements of new buildings, and determine the green building grade requirements of all kinds of new civil buildings. The requirements for the grade of green buildings determined by the special plan for green buildings shall not be lower than the provisions of Article 7 of these regulations. The special planning of green building should be connected with the comprehensive utilization of energy, water resources, solid waste, green transportation and the development and utilization of underground space. Ninth new civil construction project feasibility study report or project application report shall include the requirements of green building grade, clear the project selection of green building technology and investment, energy saving and emission reduction benefit evaluation and other contents. The approval documents for construction projects issued by the competent investment department shall specify the requirements for green building grades. Tenth in the tender, auction or listing announcement of the right to use state-owned construction land, the green building grade requirements of the plot should be clearly stated according to the special plan for green buildings. Article 11 When entrusting engineering design, the construction unit shall specify the grade requirements of green buildings in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, and shall not require the design unit to design below the mandatory standards of green buildings. The design unit shall design in accordance with the mandatory standards for green buildings and the requirements of the construction unit, and define the technical index requirements of building materials, building components, facilities and equipment and the technical measures for green buildings. For newly-built office buildings of state organs and other public buildings with a total construction area exceeding 1 10,000 square meters, the construction unit shall also install itemized metering and data acquisition and transmission devices for building energy, and the design unit shall specify the corresponding design contents in the design documents. Article 12 The contents of energy-saving assessment and review of new civil construction projects shall include the technical requirements of green buildings of corresponding grades. Energy-saving assessment should be classified according to the construction area;

(a) new public buildings with a total construction area of more than 30,000 square meters and new residential buildings with a total construction area of150,000 square meters shall prepare energy-saving assessment reports;

(two) the newly built public buildings with a total construction area of 1 10,000 square meters and less than 30,000 square meters and the newly built residential buildings with a total construction area of 50,000 square meters and less than150,000 square meters shall prepare energy-saving assessment reports;

(three) the new public buildings with a total construction area of less than ten thousand square meters and the new residential buildings with a total construction area of less than fifty thousand square meters shall fill in the energy-saving registration form. The construction unit shall entrust a civil building energy-saving assessment institution that meets the corresponding conditions to prepare an energy-saving assessment report and report form (hereinafter referred to as the energy-saving assessment document). The construction unit can fill in the energy-saving registration form by itself.