Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
038 PV as well as a public park , have been
development, and such strategy shall be
realized in close cooperation with local
upgraded as policy to lead the low-carbon
people and will be continued.
development of the entire industry and region. The prevalence of low-carbon office
Experience and Inspiration
building in Europe is attributed to the
1. Low-carbon Buildings based
At the very beginning, the government
on Technology Optimization
actually did not enforce any policy or
guidance and promotion of governments.
The core of the low-carbon city
law to regulate the specifications of low
and society is low-carbon technology.
carbon technology. Instead, they gradually
We shall focus on the research &
enhanced the industry entry barriers after
development and application of low-
being approved by the public affairs
carbon technologies. Specifically, high-
ministry, private organizations and
tech strategy shall be undertaken with
citizens. For this end, the government
certain mature high technology as the
and companies have spared no effort
breakthrough making a new example of
to make investment in new low-carbon
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