14 July 2017, 14:40

SusBuild team conducted a SWOT analysis of sustainable energy consumption in public and commercial buildings in 2016. Among others, lack of energy consumption data was identified as a key barrier. 

Thus, Yunnan local partners of SusBuild, Yunnan Development Centre for Building Technology (YNBTDC) and Yunnan Engineering Quality Supervision Management Centre (YNEQS), developed an online monitoring tool of energy consumption of public and commercial buildings. The tool offers both wechat (the most popular social media in China) and a website channel to enable data inputs by building owners and facility managers. Data can be provided in various ways, for example, in form of photos of bills and meters, and QR-code. After the users input required data, the benchmark function of the tool gives a feedback about their building energy consumption against similar buildings in the province.  Besides, this tool eases the collection and analysis process of building energy consumption data by governmental agencies, which is an essential basis for policy formulation and evaluation. Furthermore, the tool also informs building owners and facility managers about the relevant policies in the province and good practices in China and worldwide. 

The tool is being tested in public buildings in Yunnan and has received a preliminary positive result. Yunnan province housing authority is interested in taking up this tool this year. The tool was also presented in the SusBuild training in Kunming in June.