Announced in 2009 by then Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barak Obama, the CABR zero consumption building is slated for completion in June 2014. Conducted under U.S.-China Building Energy Efficiency Consortium, this demo building utilizes some of the most cutting edge technologies employed by both American and Chinese green experts.
Compared with ordinary offices, this building is able to maintain comfortable indoor temperature without traditional heating in the winter and saves more than 50 percent of energy on cooling in the summer.
As a flagship environmental initiative, the project is funded in equal parts by China and the United States.
The government has also stepped in to aid the development of green buildings in China.
The CABR's demo building is the poster Child of energy efficient buildings. It is also an international project, because going greens needs worldwide collaboration.
Source: CCTV
