Green buildings are built to increase the input-output ratio and effectiveness of the energies, water and materials used in the buildings and its surrounding areas as well as to protect and repair human health and the natural environment during the service life of the buildings.

Studies have shown that the majority of green buildings cost 18% -20% more than conventional ones in terms of construction, with an additional 0%-1% of the "green premium." However, about half of the green buildings surveyed can earn back the increased cost through energy and water conservation in five years or even less than that.Also more than 90% of the green buildings can produce good health effects and good productivity during that time.

Green buildings have benefits on the environment, society and the economy. And how do we build them? Well, GBC 2013 is the answer. GBC 2013 (Shanghai Green Building and Energy Efficiency Technology Week) grand opening is held in Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center on October 9th.Together with the green building industry insiders, it will look at the green building industry chain in great depth perspective and provide business opportunities and solutions to leading companies, industry veterans and those who desire to enter the industry. GBC 2013 will last three days with an exhibition area of 25,000 square meters. There will be nearly 150 exhibitors and the number of visits is expected to reach 20,000 or so.

Green Buildings Headed by Modern Designs

As construction industry has broad effects, direct and indirect,on the environment, therefore, there emerge architecture designs that are more sustainable as well as green building codes, certificates and grading systems for measuring and mitigating the harm that construction activities have on the environment.

Internationally recognized codes and standards on green buildings such as LEED, Green Globes, BREEAM, Beam, CASBEE and Green Mark Scheme measure the following indicators: reasonable construction sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, emissions, aesthetics, accessibility, location and staff mobility, livable degree, design innovation, green building awareness and education, project/environmental management and other indicators.

These indicators are comprehensive and thoughtfully designed; therefore, to build an authentic green building true to its meaning is not a work of simply pile-up of technologies. It is the professional design and consultancy that’s the key to making a true green building.

GBC 2013 has a section called “Urban Planning and Architectural Design” which gathers leading architectural design companies and individuals as well as building energy-saving consultancies at home and abroad. These companies include Shanghai Architectural Design (Group) Co.,Ltd., Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Research Institution of Building Science (Group),AECOM, China Academy of Building Research Shanghai Branch, etc. The site display offers a chance for face-to-face communication between them and professional visitors.

BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology is known as the second design revolution after the birth of CAD. And the "WYSIWYG"(what you see is what you get) concept enables a full simulation of the entire project life cycle management from the top-level design. And relevant feedback enables building design units to amend and improve the program more efficiently, and thus truly build a "green building."

In the “urban planning and architectural design” section, 60% of the companies will showcase in multi-media the ground-breaking changes that BIM brings about to traditional architecture design as well to clients, design units, construction companies and operation and management later on. You will see how houses are built like LEGOs as prefabricated building components like walls, floors and beams are transported to the site and assembled perfectly.

Debut for “Building Industrialization” Zone

Industrialization of construction is a modern way of large-scale industrial production mode that combines manufacturing, transportation, installation and scientific management. From the design, new structures are created, including steel structure, prefabricated structural systems, building components, finished and semi-finished products. Then the factories will produce them, followed by new construction technologies to assemble them. This way,it can achieve effective energy conservation and promote economic and environmental sustainability. It also has great importance in changing the traditional production and construction ways.

GBC 2013 will also have a special feature on “building industrialization”,focused on prefabricated building technologies, which will bring together a large number of backbone enterprises. It’s going to become a major highlight of the exhibition. Leading companies from home and abroad, including Shanghai Urban Construction, Shanghai Construction, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division. Corp.Ltd., Baoye Group, Broad Homes Industrial Co., Ltd, Zhongnan Construction, ShunJie Construction, Liebherr, Nemetschek Engineering GmbH, Elematic CTIEC PC Machinery (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd,Vollert Anlagenbau GmbH and Sika will showcase the latest technological developments in this area, together with real cases.

In the 2013 Shanghai Building Industrialization Forum held on 9th and 10th , October, government leaders from Shanghai Bureau of Housing Management will interpret new policies.

Keynote speakers from Shanghai    Xian       Dai  Architectural  Design   (Group) Co.,Ltd.,Baoye Group, Shanghai Urban Construction, Nemetschek Engineering GmbH,Elematic CTIEC PC Machinery (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd,Vollert Anlagenbau GmbH will meet over 200 developers, construction companies and producers of prefabricated components to discuss the following topics: Opportunities & Challenges for Developing Industrialized Building,Industrialization, Green Revolution for China’s Building Industry,Support for Industrialized Construction Leveraging Chain Penetration,What can modern precast technology offer to the Building Industrialization in China,Industrialized Planning of Precast Structures Considering the Special Requirements to Prefabricated Components in Seismically Active Regions,Prefabrication in Building Envelope Design,Industrialized Construction and Building Information Modeling (BIM),Modern, Cost-Efficient Production of Precast Elements:An Expert Insight into Production Methods, Plant Technology and Building Expertise

Area of Cutting-edge Energy Star and Relevant Parts and Components for the Green Building

With the pace of the environmental protection, “Green Technology” has been heating up constantly. The new products related to the green innovation, green processing and green concept need to be verified continuously in the practices of green building. According to the functions of green technology products in the green building, Osman Attmann, Architect and Associate Professor of the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver, divides them into two categories, the energy generation products and energy retention products. So far, energy generation products have been used in bio-energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, hydro-energy, blue energy, fuel and hybrid energy systems while energy retention products have been applied to the thermal insulation system, heating/cooling system, ventilation system and freshwater and waste management system. With a deep understanding of the green building and green products, GBC 2013 and the exhibitors, namely Akzo Nobel, Saint-Gobain, Shanghai Building Materials Group, Canada Wood, Valspar and Sijimicoe, shall offer the visitors at the area of Energy Star and relevant parts and components a comprehensive experience of the cutting-edge green technology. Besides, the Zhejiang team, consisted of Zhejiang Hangxiao Steel Structure Co., Ltd., Keda New Building Materials Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Zhongjiu Energy-saving Technology Co., Ltd., Jiaxing Yuteng New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Manred and Zhejiang Haolong Industry and Trade Co., Ltd., shall also make the highlights of the event and present the visitors the remarkable achievements and outstanding projects Zhejiang province has gained in the green building and energy-saving area.

GBC 2013 also sets an area of parking equipment, where the prestigious Chinese parking equipment manufacturers and front-line designs are gathered to demonstrate the applications of various mechanical parking garages and share various parking solutions which are not only good-looking, functional but also economic.

Area of Green Technology Projects and Low-carbon Demonstration Practices Achievements Presentation

In addition to the areas which are closely related to the green building, GBC 2013’s “Area of Green Technology Projects and Low-carbon Demonstration Practices” shall make a witness of the splendor of green building with a number of the latest and most representative cases, such as Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao Tower, the affordable housing project on the Pujiang base 05-02 Lot and the Urban Best Practices Area of the Shanghai World Expo, etc. According to the introduction of Shanghai Green Building Council, Shanghai has decided promoting green building as a key measure to build the low-carbon city. At present, relying on the construction of the low-carbon practice areas and new towns at Hongqiao Business District, South Bridge Town, Changning-Hongqiao Area, South Central Previous Luwan District, Lingang New Town, Jinqiao Processing Area, Chongming County and Xuhui Riverside and the development of the International Tourism Resort as well as the subsequent exploitation of the World Expo, and guided by the green concept, Shanghai is managing to integrate the green building and low-carbon life through various approaches such as economizing on the land utilization, strengthening building energy efficiency, promoting the comprehensive utilization of materials and resources and optimizing the urban ecological environment. These projects will also make public appearance at GBC 2013.

GBC 2013 is hosted jointly by China Association of Building Energy Efficiency and Shanghai Green Building Council, jointly supported by Shanghai Urban Construction and Communications Commission, Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission and Shanghai Science and Technology Committee and organized by Shanghai Jianke Building Energy Assessment & Consultancy Co., Ltd. and VNU Exhibitions Shanghai Co., Ltd. With a deep understanding and sharp view of the industrial chain, the 3-day event shall accumulate and present the visitors the entire industrial chain of the systems, products and technologies related to the green building in various angles and in depth. GBC 2013 will guide the new trend of China’s green building and energy-saving area. It is worth waiting!

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