Tianjin Eco-City
A blueprint for China’s cities
Bohai Rim China – cities and population
Beijing, 17.5M
Tianjin, 11.7M
Qingdao, 7.6MShenyang, 7.7MTangshan, 7.1MDalian, 6.2MJinan, 5.9MWeihai, 2.6M
Beijing
Tianjin
Tianjin city
Tianjin municipality – Bohai Rim
One of China’s four municipalities
China’s 3rd largest city
Economy based on heavy manufacturing and the seaport
A region of high average disposable income
Special development zone with excellent transportation infrastructure
Bohai Rim
Bohai Rim
Tianjin municipality
Industrial
Ports
Leisure
CBD
Tianjin Eco City
Tianjin Eco-City
New city totalling 30 square km
– 23 million m2 building
– 14 million m2 residential
– 2 million m2 commercial
– 120,000 m2 healthcare
– 1 million m2 education and research
10 billion RMB (£1 billion) per year for the next 10 years
First phase now under construction
Sino-Singapore Cooperation
Apply practical concepts and technologies so that Tianjin Eco City can serve as a sustainability model for other Chinese cities
Eco-City framework agreement signed on November 18, 2007
Tianjin Eco-City
Regeneration of barren salt land
Mott MacDonald’s role
Implementation and institutional planning
Financial Planning
Green buildings
Green transportation
A robust set of KPIs
Proportion of green trips
Overall recycling rate
Usage of renewable energy
Carbon emission per unit GDP
Proportion of green buildings
Per capita daily water consumption
Per capita daily domestic waste generation
Green transport 90% green transport
– Creation of internal jobs
– Integration of road, public transport, walk, cycle networks and neighbourhood design
– High quality rapid transit services connecting Eco-City to Tianjin, Binhai and other external employment centres
Green transport Developing a public transport system
– Providing the first step in the phased development of the overall public transport system for Eco-City
– Focusing on bus transport including Bus Rapid Transit
– Using Bus Rapid Transit on the metro alignment until metro arrives
Bespoke Green Building Evaluation Standard, published in 2006 and now being enhanced
Recognising the power of demonstration projects
Green buildings
569 units
Low cost housing for sale
An energy efficiency exemplar
Sold out ‘off-plan’
Low energy public housing
Improved envelope
High efficiency lighting and control
Elevator regeneration
Water saving fittings
Water heating by solar thermal
Solar power on façade or roof (PV)
Outside air automatic control
Intelligent metering system and indication of energy use
Specific measures
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Space Heating Space Cooling Appliance DHW Lighting
Cooking Lift Fan Pump Exterior Light
Annual energy saving
43%
Overall GHG emissions
GHG emission for Eco-City by different scenarios
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Tianjin normal case Eco-City
Supplemental electricity Heat from CHP
Gas for cooking Transportation
Eco-City GHG emission breakdown
SSTEC BASELINE
CategoryCarbon emission
Carbon emission percentage
Carbon emission
Carbon emission percentage
Public housing 853,531 39.22% 1,675,246 44.33%
School 38,749 1.78% 92,367 2.55%
Community 152,710 7.02% 241,387 6.47%
Commercial 402,305 18.49% 596,470 17.19%
Hospital 25,671 1.18% 38,946 1.07%
Industry 476,889 21.91% 778,835 20.49%
Infrastructure 21,087 0.97% 32,942 0.84%
Transportation 205,302 9.43% 244,922 7.06%
Total 2,176,245 3,469,235
GHG emission breakdown for Eco-City
39.22%
1.18%
1.78%21.91%
7.02%
0.97%
18.49%
9.43%
Public housing Hospital School Industry
Community Infrastructure Commercial Transportation
Per capita GHG emission comparison
Region Year Population GHG emission
Per capita GHG emission
(Million t CO2 e) (t CO2 e)
London 2003 7,364,100 70.8 9.6
Helsinki 2005 988,526 6.9 7.0
Beijing 2006 15,810,000 159.0 10.1
Shanghai 2006 18,150,000 212.0 11.7
Tianjin 2006 10,750,000 119.3 11.1
Tianjin Eco-City 2015
350,000 1.6 4.5
The future in China
Increasing Application of…
– National Green Building Standard for Shanghai
– EIA law
– Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law
– Environment Water Quality Standard (GB 3838-2002)
– National Hazardous Waste Inventory
– Law of Renewable Energies
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