Development of the real estate industry in lowcarbon economy time

Author

Lei, Zhongying ; Tan, Xiaodi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Urban Constr., Yangtze Univ., Jingzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

6207

Lastpage

6210

Abstract

Global warming which is caused by excessive consumption of fossil fuels has caught the world wide attention. And it has brought social and economic development serious losses, profoundly touched the energy security, ecological security, water security and food security, and even threaten the survival of mankind. Dominant in the national economy, the real estate in the process of development and using has consumed fossil fuels and discharged carbon dioxide which account for 50% of the total emissions. Therefore, how to reduce the energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in the process of real estate development is the currently main issue we should pay attention. This paper describes the dilemma of the real estate industry we are facing and response we should take during low-carbon economy time.

Keywords

air pollution; energy consumption; fossil fuels; socio-economic effects; carbon dioxide emission; consumed fossil fuel; discharged carbon dioxide; ecological security; energy consumption; energy security; food security; fossil fuel excessive consumption; global warming; low-carbon economy time; mankind survival; national economy; real estate industry; water security; Buildings; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Energy consumption; Government; Standards; dilemma; low-carbon economy; real estate; strategy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Electronic Commerce (AIMSEC), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Deng Leng

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0535-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIMSEC.2011.6009677

Filename

6009677