Picture: This is the first eco-town in southern China, at Kunming city. It emphasises a sustainable lifestyle, environmental protection, intelligent technology and many other green building improvements. It was completed by a leading UK action research network, Integer, whose experts are to attend the Intelligent, Green & Energy-Efficient Buildings expo in Beijing (26-28 March 2007). 博览会开启了更好、更加绿色的建筑物之门 图片：这是南中国第一个生态城镇示范区，位于昆明市。它强调的是一种可持续发展的生活方式、环境保护知识、技术和绿色建筑发展方面的许多内容。示范区由英国著名绿色建筑设计咨询公司——Integer建造。 Integer的专家将参加今年3月26－28日在北京举办的“第三届国际智能、绿色建筑与建筑节能大会暨新技术与产品博览会”
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THE world is changing and our buildings with it. Issues such as sustainability, accessibility and an evolving regulatory framework are impacting the ways in which commercial, industrial and residential buildings are designed, constructed and used.
Correctly implemented and managed, new technologies offer ways to meet these challenges, along with new opportunities for increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and value of 21st-century buildings.
China’s building industry is the largest on the globe and presents a remarkable opportunity for companies and organisations offering “green” or sustainable construction products and services.
With this in mind, China’s Ministry of Construction has organised the third annual international conference and expo on Intelligent, Green & Energy-Efficient Buildings that takes place in Beijing from 26-28 March 2007. It is described as the focal point of best practice and knowledge for the industry.
The ministry recognises the leading role that United Kingdom firms play in the development and delivery of sustainable and intelligent buildings and is welcoming a strong UK representation at the event.
Consultants at government body UK Trade & Investment say they consider this exhibition to be “one of the most important opportunities for UK companies and businesses to develop opportunities and relations in China in the areas of design, construction, sustainability and intelligent systems”.
The Beijing exhibition offers an excellent opportunity to meet and influence the major players in China’s market. In 2006 more than 2,000 top decision-makers attended the conference, including about 100 local government mayors, representing some of the fastest growing municipalities in the People’s Republic.
The event will explore the relationship between investment in intelligent and green construction and identify how the sustainable buildings industry can capitalise on this opportunity. That is where many keen UK companies and research groups are looking to provide input.
Experts point out that China - in its process of industrialisation and urbanisation, and an objective of maintaining an annual growth rate of above seven per cent GDP in the next 15 years - is faced with environmental deterioration and a limitation of resources. It is crucial for China to promote energy-efficient and green buildings in the process of sustainable development.
The Beijing event covers a full spectrum of issues related to the built environment including whole-life performance, funding, design, construction and use. Areas of particular focus include:
* technical standards;
* design and implementation of intelligent and green buildings;
* renewable and energy-saving technologies;
* sustainable construction materials and processes;
* sustainable heating systems;
* sustainable insulation;
* developing a sustainable, real-estate industry.
“Deteriorating global environmental conditions and a growing recognition of the enormous environmental impacts of such construction and operation has led to the development of a worldwide, green building movement,” said a construction expert.
“Simultaneously, the information and Internet age now provides the tools to create intelligent systems for more comfortable, efficient and secure living and working conditions. Being the world’s largest construction market, China is rapidly modernising that industry by adapting and integrating the most advanced techniques and technologies.”
China offers unprecedented business openings for experts and companies to discuss the key issues shaping the eco-buildings industry, share knowledge and develop strategies to maximise the opportunities presented by them.
A leading UK research and consultancy company - i&i Limited (ibexcellence) - has been appointed by UK Trade & Investment to manage the UK involvement in the 2007 Beijing event that is being organised under the auspices of the Centre of Excellence for Intelligence in Buildings (ibexcellence). i&i directs and manages ibexcellence.
Among ibexcellence’s input is the setting up of a package for UK exhibitors including:
* opportunity to exhibit within a dedicated UK area with support services provided by ibexcellence, including Mandarin translators, inclusion in the UK exhibition guide and administrative support;
* opportunity to participate in a UK-China workshop to establish real business opportunities for participating companies;
* opportunity for case studies to be published on the ibexcellence website;
* potential speaking opportunities at this event with the possibility of holding
briefing sessions in a dedicated UK workshop room.
i&i says it provides the most comprehensive research available into global markets for intelligent buildings systems and is a major player at the forefront of delivering solutions and studies to these challenges. The group has been leading the global development of “intelligent and green” buildings for the past 10 years, and has been working with China’s Ministry of Construction on the Beijing Intelligent, Green & Energy-Efficient Buildings conference (IGEBC) since its launch in 2005.
“i&i Ltd has participated in the IGEBC from the outset,” said Alison Nicholl, speaking for the group. “We found it very useful. There has certainly been a lot of interest in UK companies and their skills and expertise are well respected in China. This event draws in some very high-level participants and has the highest-level support from China’s Ministry of Construction.
“At the last expo the quality of enquiries was extremely high with a considerable number of key decision makers, including 100 mayors from China’s fastest growing cities, attending the conference,” continued Ms Nicholl. “Participation at the event has certainly raised our profile among key decision makers in China. This year’s business development workshop will provide an unparalleled opportunity for UK companies to demonstrate how they can meet the sustainable development challenges of specific projects in China.”
i&i Ltd was founded in 1998 by three acknowledged experts in the field whose skills form the basis of i&i’s offering of world-leading knowledge of the intelligent buildings industry, and how IT can change the way in which buildings function and perform.
The group says it is Europe’s leading research and consultancy company specialising in its field; it provides world-class services to building users, managers, suppliers, government bodies and industrial organisations throughout the globe. “By putting our unrivalled understanding of this complex and multi-dimensional field to work for you, i&i can help equip your company or organisation for a more effective, productive and profitable future,” said a spokesman. These services encompass three key areas - building solutions, market intelligence, and systems strategy.
i&i’s client list includes a wealth of major corporations and multinational organisations, among them Chubb, the Corporation of London, Honeywell Controls, IBM, Novar, Philips, Schneider Electric, Siemens Building Technologies and Toshiba. i&i also is a major contributor to change-management programmes such as Integer, a leading UK action research network promoting innovation in housing through the use of intelligent and green technologies.
UK-based Integer is showing a major presence at the 2007 Beijing conference and it states that the group “is committed to the idea that 21st-century buildings must be intelligent and green, and that these major principles must be applied to the whole life-cycle of buildings”. Since its inception, 77 organisations have participated as Integer partners and the programme has received support from hundreds of suppliers of innovative systems, products and services.
The Integer China branch recently completed its first intelligent and green project in mainland China in Kunming city. “This is the first eco-town in the south of the country, with the emphasis on sustainable lifestyle, environmental protection, open-platform intelligent technology and improvement of housing standards and building technology,” said a spokesman.
The development comprises four sustainable homes, and a 2,000 square-metre visitor centre on a five-hectare site to illuminate a vision for the adjacent 255-hectare (630-acre) development of some 2,000 homes.
A key aspect of the Kunming project is to establish a platform for action research, and evaluation of new technologies in both real-life use and visitors’ response. The project also plays an important role in educating the public, students, home buyers and developers in eco-lifestyle buildings.
Integer says its Kunming project seeks to provide a focal point for the improvement of China’s housing standards and building technology. It will develop a sustainable housing and lifestyle model suitable for the urbanisation of China’s western region. Green building demonstration projects designed by the Integer group have also been built at Qinghua University, Beijing.
Energy-efficient buildings refer to those meeting energy-efficient standards during the design and building process, and consuming less energy in use.
Green buildings refer to those providing occupants with healthy, comfortable and safe living/working and leisure space, achieving high efficiency in using resources during the life-cycle of buildings and minimising their impact on the environment.
Another major UK exhibitor at the IGEBC 2007 is Colt International, one of Europe’s leading providers of building services. It has an annual turnover of 105m pounds, 850 employees and is based in southern England. It operates throughout the UK with regional offices in Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Leamington Spa and London.
Colt says it offers in-depth knowledge of a wide spectrum of technologies - relating to fire protection, air movement, solar control and daylight control for both new and refurbished buildings - developed over 75 years from hundreds of tests and thousands of installations.
“At the Beijing workshop and exhibition, Colt will have on display examples of its energy-saving solar control and photovoltaic products including movable glass, aluminium and photovoltaic louvres and controls,” said a spokesman. (www.coltinfo.co.uk/).
Lighting is one of the most energy-consuming services in a building and also the one that is most visible and requires most adjustment to suit the needs and preferences of individuals. UK company Delmatic is a leading designer of lighting management systems that provide “the means of efficiently controlling, adapting and monitoring lighting to achieve cost and efficiency savings, and an enhanced environment for people in buildings,” the company explained.
Talking of Beijing’s IGEBC event, Delmatic’s Stephen Woodnutt said: “Delmatic is exhibiting its latest intelligent, integrated control systems that offer flexibility and save energy by relating lighting, air-conditioning and heating to occupation of areas. Our systems are available for office buildings - as well as residential buildings - and projects in Asia have seen energy savings of up to 70 per cent through the installation of such systems.
“Our products on show include our new desktop multicontroller that controls lighting, window blinds and room temperature,” he added. “Delmatic is presenting a paper - ‘Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Building Controls’- during the conference, and the company’s involvement with IGEBC 2007 builds on its presence at the 2006 expo and conference.” (www.delmatic.com)
Trend Control Systems is at the forefront of building management systems developed in the UK. Building management systems (BMS) monitor and control services such as heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, ensuring they operate at maximum levels of efficiency and economy.
“With a worldwide distribution and support network covering more than 50 countries, Trend ranks as a major international supplier of BMS and seeks to make many new contacts in order to continue growing the business within the ever-expanding BMS market in China,” said a spokesman.
Steve Browning, its branding and communication manager, added that the company is looking forward to attending Beijing’s IGEBC and said: “Trend is at the forefront of energy-saving technologies and strives to aid businesses in reducing their energy usage with the ultimate aim of positively impacting global climate deterioration” (www.trendcontrols.com).
A growing and practical appreciation of China’s ecological building industry is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, China’s staging of a green Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing and a green World Expo 2010 in Shanghai strengthens the nation’s deepening commitment to a more sustainable building sector.
The Ministry of Construction’s vice-minister Qiu Baoxing points out that China is adopting many new energy policies and regulations, and is vigorously promoting sustainable building with programmes such as the Intelligent, Green & Energy-Efficient Buildings exhibition.
He has said that by the end of 2010, all China’s cities are expected to reduce their buildings’ energy use by 50 per cent. By 2010, 25 per cent of existing residential and public buildings in large cities will be retrofitted to be greener, prompting Qiu Baoxing to declare: “Green building in China has just started.”
世界在变化，我们周围的建筑物也在随之发生着改变。像可持续性、无障碍性和不断完善的规章制度之类的事物，正在影响着商业、工业和居民建筑物设计、建造和使用的方式。
如果能够得到正确的使用和管理，那么新技术就能提供应对这些挑战的方法，同时也为21世纪的建筑物提供了增加效力、功效和价值的新机会。
中国的建筑业是全球最大的，对那些从事“绿色”和可持续发展建筑产品和服务的企业和组织来说，中国的建筑业为他们提供了巨大的机会。
有了这个意识，中国建设部已经开始组织“第三届国际智能、绿色建筑与建筑节能大会暨新技术与产品博览会”，将于2007年3月26－28日在北京举行。这个博览会被描述成是汇聚了建筑行业里最好的实践和知识。
建设部对英国企业在可持续型和智能型建筑物的发展中起的带头作用，予以了肯定。同时，也热情欢迎强大的英国代表团前来参会。
英国贸易投资总署的顾问表示，他们将这次博览会看成是“对英国公司和商业领域非常重要的一次机会，是他们抓住时机，在设计、建造、可持续发展和智能系统方面和中国建立联系的机会”。
本次的北京博览会还为认识和影响那些中国建筑市场上的大亨们，提供了一个绝佳的机会。2006年时，2,000多名行业内的重要决策者参加了当时的博览会，其中包括大约100名地方政府官员——代表着中国境内发展最快的一些城市。
本届博览会上，还将探讨在智能和绿色建筑产业投资和坚定可持续发展建筑产业如何能在这个机会中获得资本之间的关系。换句话说，就是许多敏锐的英国公司和研究团体都在考虑在哪里进行投资。
有专家指出，中国——在工业化和城市化进程中，在实现未来15年里GDP增长都保持在7％ 以上的目标时——面临着环境恶化和资源匮乏的危机。对中国来说，至关重要的是在推进 可持续发展的同时，大力提倡节能和绿色建筑物。
这次的北京博览会中，覆盖了长期表现、资金和技术等与建筑环境相关的所有问题：
*可持续的建筑材料和方法
*可持续的供热系统
*可持续的绝热建筑材料
*发展可持续型房地产业
“全球环境状况的恶化，以及传统建筑方式给环境带来的巨大影响，促使人们在全球范围内开展‘绿色建筑’活动。”一位建筑专家如是说。
“同时，信息和网络产业的发展，也为创造智能系统提供了工具，从而发展出更加舒适、节能和安全的居住和工作环境。作为世界上最大的建筑市场，中国通过采纳和结合最先进的科技和技术，正在迅速地使它的这个市场现代化。”
中国为专家和各公司提供了空前的商业机会，让他们来讨论环保建筑行业形成中出现的主要问题，共同分享他们所具有的知识和发展战略，使他们获得的这个机会能够最大化地得以利用。
英国贸易投资总署委派英国著名调查咨询公司——i&i有限公司(ibexcellence)，管理英 国参加2007年在北京举办的“国际智能、绿色建筑与建筑节能大会暨新技术与产品博览会”的具体事宜。本次博览会也得到了英国卓越智能建筑中心（简称ibexcellence）的赞助，而i&i负责管理和指挥ibexcellence。
在ibexcellence的赞助中，其中一个就是向各位英国参会者寄一份邮件，其中有：
*在专门的英国展区展出的机会，并能获得由ibexcellence提供的帮助服务，包括普通话翻译、可以被包含在英国展览指南中，以及行政支持；
*获得参加英中研讨会的机会，并有可能与出席公司建立起实在的商业联系；
*获得个案研究的机会，而且成果将会刊登在ibexcellence的网站上；
*如果专门为英国开辟一个会议厅的话，还有在展会上发言的机会。
i&i表示，它为全球智能建筑系统市场提供最全面的调查，而且在研究这些挑战和寻找解决之道时，它站在最前沿，是不可或缺的一个角色。在过去的10中，这个公司领导着全球的“智能和绿色”建筑的发展。自从2005年举办第一届“国际智能、绿色建筑与建筑节能大会暨新技术与产品博览会”（IGEBC）时，它就开始了和中国建设部的合作。
公司发言人Alison Nicholl说：“i&i 有限公司从一开始就参与了IGEBC，我们发现这是 一个非常有用的博览会。英国的公司可以从中得到许多好处，而且他们带来的技术和专业知识也在中国得到了很高的评价。这个博览会吸引了一些高水平的参与者，也得到了中国建设部高水准的支助。”
Nicholl 女士继续说到：“在上届博览会上，许多主要决策者们——包括来自100个发展 最快的中国城市的市长——提出的问题都具有极高的质量。能够参加这个博览会，也提升 了我们在中国决策者心目中的形象。今年的商业发展研讨会，将为英国的公司提供一次空前的机会，让他们展示他们如何应对中国在可持续发展中遇到的挑战。”
1998年，业内三位知名专家成立了i&i有限公司，正是他们拥有的技能形成了公司向智能建筑产业提供世界领先技术的基础，而且还显示出IT业可以从方式上改变建筑物的功能和表现。
该公司表示，在所涉及到的领域内，它是欧洲范围内顶尖的调查和咨询公司，能为全球建筑产业内的使用者、管理者、供应商、政府机构和工业组织提供世界级水平的服务。它的一位发言人曾说：“我们对这个复杂而又多维的行业的了解是无与伦比的，如果您采纳了我们的信息来为您工作，那么i&i就能为您的公司或组织描绘出一个效能更多、生产力更高、利润更丰厚的前景。”他们提供的服务包括三个主要方面：建筑解决方案、市场信息和系统策略。
i&i的客户有许多都是知名企业和跨国组织，比如集宝集团伦敦分公司（Chubb）、霍尼韦尔（Honeywell Controls）、IBM、傲华尔（Novar）、飞利浦（Philips）、施耐德电气 （Schneider Electric）、西门子楼宇科技集团（Siemens Building Technologies）。 i&I还在改变管理程序上有所建树，在这一点上，它和Integer不分伯仲。Integer是英国著名的行动研究网络，通过运用智能和绿色技术，来促进建筑领域的创新。
坐落在英国的Integer也将参加今年的“第三届国际智能、绿色建筑与建筑节能大会暨新技术与产品博览会”，而且它还表示，公司将始终致力于“21世纪的建筑必须是智能和绿色的”的理念，而且它的这一原则要贯穿于建筑物建造的始末。自从它成立以来，已经有77家先后成为了Integer的合作伙伴，发展过程中还得到了来自创新系统、产品和服务领域数以百计的供应商的支持。
Integer－中国分公司刚刚在昆明完成了它的第一个智能、绿色工程。“这是中国南部城市第一个生态城镇示范区——强调的是一种可持续发展的生活方式、环境保护和开放平台 智能技术，以及住宅标准和建筑技术的改进。”它的一位发言人说道。
在这个占地5公顷的示范区内，有四栋可持续的建筑、一个2,000平米的展览中心。而且，在临近的255公顷（合630英亩）土地上建造的大约2,000多套住宅，都将是这种类型的。
昆明工程的主要作用就是建立一个平台，进行行动研究，同时评估新技术在现实生活中的应用以及参观者的反应。在引导公众、学生、住房购买者和开发商了解环保生活方式方面，这个工程也发挥着重要的作用。
Integer表示，它在昆明建造的工程就是要尝试着聚焦中国住宅标准和建筑技术。它会开发出适合中国西部地区城市的可持续住宅和生活方式。Integer公司还在清华大学建造了它设计的绿色建筑展示工程。
节能建筑就是指在设计和建造过程中都要符合节能标准的建筑，同时在使用时也要依照最节省能源的原则。
绿色建筑指的是那些能为居住者提供健康、舒适和安全的工作/生活和休闲空间的建筑，同时还要达到在建筑物存在期间能够高效利用资源的要求，并且使它们对环境产生的影响最小化。
英国另一个参加2007年IGEBC的重要公司是Colt International（科尔特国际有限公司） ，它是欧洲领先的建筑物服务提供商。Colt位于英格兰南部，雇佣员工850人，年营业额达到1.05亿英镑。它在英国各地都分布有地区办事处，包括贝尔法斯特、格拉斯哥、曼彻斯特、利明顿和伦敦。
Colt声明，自己拥有超过75年的知识和经验，为新建和改建建筑在防火、空气流动、日晒控制和光照控制方面提供技术支持，这些技术知识是建立在数百次实验和数千次安装基础之上的。
公司一位发言人表示：“在北京的研讨会和展览上，Colt会展出它的日晒控制和光电节能产品，有可移动的玻璃、铝制和光电的百叶窗、控制器。”(参见网址www.coltinfo.co.uk/)
在建筑物中，照明是最耗费能源的一项服务，也是最显而易见并最需要调整的一项，而且调整还要能够满足个体的需要和选择。英国的Delmatic就是一家著名的照明处理系统设计公司。公司声称，它提供“能够有效地控制、转化和管理照明的方法，从而达到降低成本、节省能源、提升建筑物环境质量的目的” 。
提到即将在北京举办的IGEBC，Delmatic公司的Stephen Woodnutt说：“Delmatic将展出 我们最新的智能化综合控制系统。这个系统能够为居住环境提供具备足够灵活性且能节能的照明、空调和供暖设施。我们的系统对办公建筑和居住建筑都适用，而且安装了这些智能系统之后，我们在亚洲的项目已经显示出能源节省率达到70％。”
他又继续道：“我们此次展出的产品还有我们最新研制的台式多控制器，它能够控制照明开关、窗户关闭和室内温度。参会期间，Delmatic还会发表一篇题为‘通过综合建筑物控制达到可持续性’的论文，并实践它在2006年博览会上所提出的公司对参加2007年IGEBC的构想。”(参见网址www.delmatic.com)
在英国，Trend控制系统（Trend Control Systems）位于建筑物管理系统行业的核心位 置。建筑物管理系统（BMS）中所提供的监控服务，能够保证供热、通风、空气调节这样的操作达到最大化功效而且经济化。
Trend一位发言人说：“我们的销售和供应网络遍布全球的50多个国家，Trend是重要的国际BMS供应商，并且在积极拓展业务，希冀在不断扩大的中国BMS市场上分得一杯羹。”
Trend的品牌和信息管理经理Steve Browning进一步解释说，公司很期待能够参加这次在 北京举办的IGEBC，“Trend位于节能技术领域的前沿，它在努力帮助企业降低能源使用，而它最终的目的就是逐步改善早已恶化的全球气候状况。” (参见网址www.trendcontrols.com)
对于中国生态建筑产业的客观评价，就是它仍出于起步阶段。但是，中国对先后于2008年和2010年举办的北京奥运会和上海世博会都提出了绿色的口号，表明这个国家已经认识到，在加强建筑各领域的可持续发展方面，它还需要走的路还很长。
建设部副部长仇保兴指出，中国制定了许多新的能源政策和制度，而且正在通过“国际智能、绿色建筑与建筑节能大会暨新技术与产品博览会”这样的活动，全力推进可持续发展建筑。
他还说，到2010年底，中国所有城市的建筑物能源消耗有望降低50％。2010年时，中国大型城市中25％现存的住宅和公共建筑物都要得到改建，使它们更加“绿色”。对此，仇宝兴部长满怀期待地宣布：“绿色建筑物在中国才刚刚起步。”
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