Taiwan(China) spends huge sums to transform 101 buildings to target the world's tallest green buildings

The Taipei 101 building is funded by NT $60 million for green greening projects. (Taiwan(China)"China Times") Xinhua Beijing, November 1, Taiwan(China) landmark Building-Taipei 101 building is about to bet 60 million yuan (NT, the same below) funds to 18 months for world-renowned "Green Building" rating system LEED (Energy and Environment design pilot) Gold level certification.  If approved, the Taipei 101 building will "regain the Glory" to defeat the world's tallest tower Burj Dubai, boarded the "World's first high green building" throne. Taiwan(China)'s China Times reported that the Taipei 101 building, after the success of energy-saving greening, estimated to save about 20 million yuan in energy costs each year and helped increase the 10%-20% rent growth rate.  The Taipei 101 building has completed the first phase of the "Physical Examination" action, 2nd will be formally issued to the International, LEED registration application, officially began to transform the body. It is understood that green building, health building and intelligent building is currently the three major trends in the construction industry. The concept of green building, which breathes with the Earth, has attracted international attention under the pressure of Earth's warming.  According to the United States Green Building Association information, the current United States new Class A commercial office building, to obtain Green building license, old historical buildings are also popular green transformation, with 70 of the history of the famous U.S. Empire State Building Active "environmental change", has been to LEED delivery certification. LEED certified by the construction industry as the "gold standard" for green buildings, a rigorous integration audit system, such as flushing water for flush toilets, now has about nine litres of flushing Water in Taipei 101 and general commercial buildings, and LEED's most basic requirement is to maintain around six litres of water to the standard  At least three litres of water per toilet in the Taipei 101 building will be passed.  Most notably, in the LEED Energy environmental standards, in order to reduce transport energy consumption, the building inside the restaurant to make a survey of the food materials, hope that in the green buildings to eat food, the best source is not more than 100 miles of "local ingredients."  In other words, more than the Taichung, Hualian areas of the food, can not be added points in the certification, the current noisy U.S. beef, the future may not be easy to find in the Taipei 101 Building Restaurant Menu. Taipei 101 Building said that green energy conservation is the necessary measures to protect the Earth, the completion of the 101 building, estimated at least in the province of electricity, water, waste reduction can reach more than 10% standards, can save about 20 million yuan energy costs, is expected to be within three years of repayment.