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Green buildings can play a role in helping countries meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Green building can provide an important contribution to sustainability, for example, by improving energy efficiency, by improving indoor air quality, and by effective waste treatment. In practice, we see that there is an increasing interest in various forms of green building. However, the existing literature has not identified the role of law in promoting green building. It is, moreover, striking that green building has taken off in a rather impressive manner in China. Although generally there are still huge environmental problems with which China is confronted, for many years already China has been engaged in green building. This paper wants to examine what explains the relative success of green building in China; What specific legal instruments can be used to promote green building; and what lessons can be drawn more generally from experience in China? The paper uses the theory of smart regulation (Gunningham/Grabosky) and the economic analysis of law to examine the importance of different instruments in promoting green building. The paper comes to two key results, being that no single instrument in itself is optimal to promote green building as a result of which a smart mix needs to be designed to promote green building; moreover, for the specific case of China, it is the large government involvement in the economy that has been able to jump-start green building. The Chinese government has, on the one hand, mandated green building in government projects, but on the other hand, also used market-based instruments (like subsidies and public procurement) to promote green building.

AbstractGreen buildings can play a role in helping countries meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Green building can provide an important contribution to sustainability, for example, by improving energy efficiency, by improving indoor air quality, and by effective waste treatment. In practice, we see that there is an increasing interest in various forms of green building. However, the existing literature has not identified the role of law in promoting green building. It is, moreover, striking that green building has taken off in a rather impressive manner in China. Although generally there are still huge environmental problems with which China is confronted, for many years already China has been engaged in green building. This paper wants to examine what explains the relative success of green building in China; What specific legal instruments can be used to promote green building; and what lessons can be drawn more generally from experience in China? The paper uses the theory of smart regulation (Gunningham/Grabosky) and the economic analysis of law to examine the importance of different instruments in promoting green building. The paper comes to two key results, being that no single instrument in itself is optimal to promote green building as a result of which a smart mix needs to be designed to promote green building; moreover, for the specific case of China, it is the large government involvement in the economy that has been able to jump-start green building. The Chinese government has, on the one hand, mandated green building in government projects, but on the other hand, also used market-based instruments (like subsidies and public procurement) to promote green building.

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This work aims to study and analyze strategies and measures to improve energy performance in residential and service buildings, in order to minimize energy losses and energy consumption. Due to the high energy dependence of European Union (EU), including Portugal and Slovenia, and high percentage of energy consumption in the building sector, there was a need to adopt strategies at European level with ambitious goals. This came to force EU - Member States to take measures to achieve the proposed targets for energy consumption reduction. To this end, EU - Member States have adapted the laws to their needs and formed specialized agencies and qualified experts on energy certification, which somehow evaluate buildings according to their performance. In this study, the external characteristics of the building in order to meet its thermal needs and from there to survey the existing and possible constructive solutions to be used at the envelope will be examined, in order to increase comfort and reduce the need of use technical means of air conditioning. The possibility of passive heating and ventilation systems also will be discussed. These techniques are developed in parallel with the deployment and design of the building. In this manner, to reduce the energy consumption, various techniques and technologies exploit natural resources. Thus, appear the more sustainable and efficient buildings, so-called Green Buildings have been appeared. The study ends with the identification of measures used in several buildings, proving the economic return in the medium to long term, as well as the satisfaction of their users. ; Universidade da Madeira

The revolution brought by sustainability is particularly noteworthy all around the world. Its wide acceptance among governments, industries and the general public affects the decision-making process, especially in policy-making. From a macro perspective, sustainability is a single vision with some uncertain form of complexity and dynamic. While from a micro perspective, it can be described as three interrelated components - economic, environmental and social aspects, whose disequilibrium can create extreme difficulties in achieving sustainability. Although green building is a viable response to the concerns of sustainability in the building industry, its slow development reflects the difficulties in the promotion of sustainable practice. Politics, as the fourth domain of sustainability, is a crucial determinant in achieving sustainability. It is capable of independently describing and regulating the complex relationship among the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. This research, from a policy perspective, aims to unfold the reasons thwarting sustainable movements in the building industry. It discusses the sophisticated influence of various stakeholders and local context in the policy-making process. The concept of stakeholder theory then develops into discussions of regionalism in influencing stakeholders' campaigns, the crucial role of government, hidden interests, and changing standpoints of different stakeholders. Two green building policy-making related public engagements in Hong Kong were selected as case studies. Through analysing the interests and influential power of stakeholders as well as the response from the government in the policy-making process, this thesis unfolds the complexity, dynamism and integration involved in the stakeholder campaign. It reveals that various stakeholders prolong and complicate the politics in the process and further demonstrates that the "supply and demand" relationship in regard to resources among stakeholders determines their power in policy making. Taken as a whole, the dissent in stakeholders' opinions indicates that Hong Kong is not yet ready for a voluntary mechanism in promoting green building. Besides the influence from stakeholders, this research addresses the importance of local context, such as local political, economic, social and technological conditions, which significantly impact policy choices. A comparative analysis of the green building policies of Hong Kong and Singapore reveals the power of different policy models. It demonstrates the effect of policy instruments and the decisive role of government in promoting green building. Although no standardized policy can be universally applied, in the nascent Asian green building market, government push is crucial for any market's initial development. In brief, this research provides a new base and approach in understanding the politics during the green building policy-making process. In addition, several progressive recommendations are made to future researchers and policy-makers. ; published_or_final_version ; Architecture ; Doctoral ; Doctor of Philosophy

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