For many, Sustainable Development is all about design, choice of material, equipment and systems, construction - usually in view of obtaining a green certification for your building. The operation and maintenance aspects remain largely ignored, in spite of their significant impact on operating expenses and the lifetime of the building. The speaker will draw on his long experience of the Chinese market, working with Chinese developers and FM service suppliers, as well as with multinationals. Entirely based on real-life experience and case studies, this presentation will offer a practical perspective on the benefits for owners and service suppliers, the potential of the market and its obstacles, the "Dos and Don'ts" and the impact of certifications such as LEED for Existing Buildings:Operations and Maintenance.
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Presentation of Julien Bédin :
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan: Implications for Greentech
China has emerged as a global greentech market leader. China’s greentech markets have grown swiftly, driven by economic expansion and policy, and show no signs of slowing. China urgently needs to save energy, manage food and water supply, and curb pollution for environmental and economic reasons. Urbanization in China is more than a trend – it is an immense social and ecological shift at a rate never before witnessed in human history. China’s industrial policies promote greentech industries to capture both domestic and global markets. CGTI identified three key themes in the 12th FYP that will impact greentech development in China - and globally: economic restructuring, social equality, energy and environment. 12th Five-Year Plan includes a total of ten greentech targets, four continued from the 11th Five-Year Plan. Three of the seven Strategic Emerging Industries (SEI) are directly related to greentech, and three others indirectly. China’s 12th FYP has implications across our six greentech sectors: cleaner conventional energy, renewable energy, electric power infrastructure, green building, cleaner transportation and clean water. Building energy savings is key to achieving 12th FYP targets and energy management and technology innovation will accelerate. China’s urbanization creates unprecedented challenges for the environment; green building provides a sustainable alternative. China has set aggressive targets for energy consumption for district heating, public buildings and private buildings. Government incentives and mandates on green-certified buildings exist in cities like Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan and Nanjing. District heating reform in northern regions has reached 150 million sqm, but individual metering is lagging behind. A multi-tiered energy auditing program for government and large public buildings helps expand metering and EMS markets. New regulation grants incentives to eligible ESCOs completing building retrofits and verifying energy savings. NDRC issues policies to address market needs and impediments to accelerate overall growth of the LED industry.
Presentation of Bruno Lhopiteau: Green Buildings in China:
The operation and service perspective
Sustainable Development is often all about design, materials, equipment and construction… usually in view of obtaining a green label: operation and maintenance remain largely ignored, in spite of their significant impact on operating expenses and the lifetime of the building. In China perhaps more than anywhere else, buyers love technology-based solutions (green”tech”). Many “horror stories” show the shortcomings of technology for the sake of technology.
Unlike their Western counterparts, Chinese companies have little experience in maintenance – the local market is in fact totally different, a situation which Siveco has come to call “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”. It is often believed that maintenance outsourcing will solve all problems, but Facility Management service providers in China not only face the same issues as facility owners, but they also struggle with low margins. Owners have difficulties finding qualified suppliers and a blind focus on direct cost reduction seems to have created a vicious circle.
Implementing proper operation and service routines “on paper” proves to be impossible; on the other hand technology can be a powerful driver for operation improvement. Siveco China has built its business on this approach and become the largest maintenance consultancy in the country, using technology to bring benefits not only in terms of direct Opex savings (energy bill) but also in extending the lifetime of equipment and buildings (Capex). Unlike many international service providers, a growing part of Siveco’s business is with local companies.
In Siveco’s opinion, which may come as a surprise to many, Chinese property developers may be leading the way in this market, thanks to their cash reserves, large scale and long-term market view, which most MNCs do not have. The government, the largest of all property owners, is also going to play a major role (see the targets set in the 12th plan). China has become a great place to experiment new approaches, which may later become relevant to the rest of the world.
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