According to the Hubei Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the 2017 Hubei construction technology plan projects and building energy efficiency demonstration projects have been finalized, with a total of 92 projects selected.
There are 69 projects in the 2017 Hubei construction technology plan, divided into 13 categories, including green building materials technology, urban geospatial information technology, urban domestic waste treatment technology, building energy efficiency technology for hot-summer and cold-winter regions, urban management and government supervision system information technology, prefabricated construction technology, and underground utility tunnel and sponge city technology.
According to the introduction, these plan projects are highly targeted. For example, "Research on Urban Wind Corridor Construction and Suitability in Hot-Summer and Cold-Winter Regions Based on Climate Adaptability Design" aims to use natural conditions to address the urban heat island effect and reduce urban energy consumption. Projects such as "Research on Key Technologies for the Integration of Utility Tunnels and Subways" and "Research on Beautiful Countryside Construction Models in Hubei Province" are carried out to address specific issues and can provide technical support for new urbanization construction.
There are 23 building energy efficiency demonstration projects in Hubei for 2017, each with different focus areas in demonstration technologies. For example, the demonstration technology of the Huangshi City Comprehensive Hall project is a solar water heating system, and the demonstration technology of the Songzi City Quchi River Hot Spring Resort Hotel and Hot Spring Center is a shallow surface water source heat pump system and a sewage source heat pump system. Prefabricated buildings also have a place among the demonstration projects. For example, the Wuhan Tongxin Huayuan Phase IV resettlement community project and the Xiantao City Modern Forest International City five-story light steel residential building, among others, use advanced prefabricated technologies to solve many problems such as excessive on-site wet work and low construction efficiency, delivering good economic and social benefits.