Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in order to strengthen the energy conservation management of civil buildings, reduce energy consumption during the use of civil buildings, and improve energy efficiency.
Article 2 The term "energy conservation of civil buildings" as used in these Regulations refers to the activities of reducing the energy consumption during the use of the building under the premise of ensuring the use of civil buildings and the quality of the indoor thermal environment.
The term "civil buildings" as used in these Regulations refers to residential buildings, office buildings of state organs, and other public buildings such as commerce, services, education, and health.
Article 3 The people's governments at all levels shall strengthen their leadership over the energy-saving work of civil buildings, actively cultivate the market for energy-saving services for civil buildings, improve the energy-saving service system for civil buildings, promote the development and application of energy-saving technologies for civil buildings, and publicize the education on energy-saving knowledge of civil buildings. jobs.
Article 4 The State encourages and supports the use of renewable energy such as solar energy and geothermal energy in the energy-saving renovation of new buildings and existing buildings.
In areas with solar energy utilization conditions, relevant local people's governments and their departments shall take effective measures to encourage and support units and individuals to install and use solar energy systems such as solar water heating systems, lighting systems, heating systems, and heating and cooling systems.
Article 5 The competent department of construction under the State Council shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of energy conservation for civil buildings throughout the country. The competent departments of construction of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of energy conservation for civil buildings in their respective administrative areas.
The relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the work related to energy conservation of civil buildings in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and the division of responsibilities prescribed by the people's government at the same level.
Article 6 The competent department of construction under the State Council shall, under the guidance of the national medium- and long-term special plan for energy conservation, prepare a national civil building energy conservation plan and link it with relevant plans.
The competent department of construction of the local people's government at or above the county level shall organize the preparation of the energy conservation plan for civil buildings in its administrative area, and report it to the people's government at the same level for approval.
Article 7 The State establishes and improves the energy conservation standard system for civil buildings. The national civil building energy conservation standards shall be organized and formulated by the competent department of construction under the State Council and issued in accordance with legal procedures.
The state encourages the formulation and adoption of local civil building energy efficiency standards that are superior to national civil building energy efficiency standards.
Article 8 The people's government at or above the county level shall arrange civil construction energy conservation funds to support scientific and technological research and standard setting for energy conservation of civil buildings, energy conservation renovation of existing building envelopes and heating systems, and application of renewable energy, and Promotion of civil building energy-saving demonstration projects and energy-saving projects.
The government has guided financial institutions to support projects such as energy-saving renovation of existing buildings, applications of renewable energy, and demonstration projects for civil building energy conservation.
Civil construction energy conservation projects enjoy tax benefits in accordance with the law.
Article 9 The State actively promotes the reform of the heating system, improves the heating price formation mechanism, encourages the development of centralized heating, and gradually implements the charging system according to the use of heat.
Article 10 Units and individuals that have made outstanding achievements in the energy conservation work of civil buildings shall be commended and rewarded in accordance with relevant state regulations.