China's first Low Energy Demo (LED) building, featuring nearly 100 of the most energy-efficient technologies and products, was founded at Tsinghua University on March 22.
The building can be used for demonstration, research, teaching, and exhibition of the most advanced building energy efficient (BEE) technologies. In addition, channels between academia, industry, and education in the field of BEE field have been formed as a result of the new LED facility.
Using the LED building as a base, Tsinghua will carry out research in the low-energy building field, to demonstrate and promote a series of high-energy efficient, ecological and intellectual technologies.
It will also be used as a demonstration building for the 2008 Olympic Games, which embody the themes of “High-Tech Olympics” and “Green Olympics.”
The Tsinghua LED building project is a key research project funded by the Beijing Science and Technology Committee (BSTC). The building evolved from the “Green building key technology research project,” which is included in China's Tenth Five-Year Plan as one of the major technology projects.
Many of the latest technologies were used in the construction of the LED building, including BEE technologies from countries, such as the U.S., Germany, Japan, Denmark, and Italy.
About 50 corporations donated their products for the LED building, ten of which were used in China for the first time.
Among those present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony March 22 were Beijing Vice Mayor Fan Boyuan, Tsinghua Vice President Cen Zhangzhi, and officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Construction, the Science and Technology Committee of Beijing, and the Beijing Reform and Development Committee. Also on March 22, the first International Building Energy Efficiency Forum (IBEEF) opened at Tsinghua. For the following week, the LED building will open to the public.
Ten 10 experts from the U.S., Japan, and Denmark will give presentations and lectures during the forum. And about 20 corporations and research centers from around the world will introduce the latest research results and products in the BEE and Green Building field.
