Anhui Province intends to encourage urban and old communities to simultaneously implement green building renovations

On September 26, the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Anhui Provincial People's Congress reviewed the "Anhui Province Green Building Development Regulations (Draft Revised Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). It is worth noting that the "Regulations" provide for the green transformation of existing civil buildings, encouraging the transformation of old communities in cities and towns to simultaneously implement the green transformation of buildings.

Green building refers to a high-quality civil building that saves resources, protects the environment, reduces pollution, provides people with healthy, applicable and efficient use of space, and realizes the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. The "Regulations" provide for green building planning, construction, operation, renovation, technology promotion and application, guidance and incentives, and supervision and management activities.

The "Regulations" encourage the implementation of green building renovations in the reconstruction of old communities in cities and towns. According to the requirements, the people's government at or above the county level should formulate policies and prepare plans to promote the renovation of existing civil buildings with reference to green building standards. Existing public buildings shall undergo energy-saving renovations at the same time when they carry out maintenance of the envelope structure and the renewal of the energy-using system, and the renovation shall be encouraged with reference to the green building standards. Office buildings of state agencies and government investment or other public buildings mainly invested by the government shall be included in the renovation plan first, and the cost of renovation of office buildings of state agencies shall be included in the fiscal budget of the same level by the people's government at or above the county level.

The "Regulations" propose that the following supporting policies shall be implemented for the construction, purchase and operation of green buildings: The building area of the thermal insulation layer on the outer wall of the building is not included in the building floor area ratio. For civil buildings that use renewable energy such as solar energy, shallow geothermal energy, biomass energy, air energy, etc., when calculating the energy consumption of the building, the amount of conventional energy substitution will deduct the corresponding energy consumption. Newly-built civil buildings that implement roof greening shall be converted into auxiliary green area in accordance with relevant regulations. For commercial housing projects that meet the requirements of prefabricated buildings, if the building area of the prefabricated part of the exterior wall does not exceed 3% of the total planned building area of the individual units of the prefabricated building, it will not be included in the calculation of the plot ratio of the transaction. For those who use housing provident fund loans to purchase green buildings higher than the minimum standard, the housing provident fund loan limit can be increased by up to 20%, and the specific ratio shall be determined by the housing provident fund management department of the city divided into districts. And other support policies formulated by people's governments at or above the county level based on local conditions.