Heat Reform and Building Energy Efficiency Project

Project aims to improve the energy efficiency of new building construction in China through a combination of building equipment market transformation and heat supply policy approaches. Promotes demand in the housing sector for more efficient building materials and for more effective heat metering and control equipment. Also promotes new policies and institutions for metering, controlling, and managing centralized heat supply systems. Project is part of a broader program for heat reform and building energy efficiency by the World Bank and China. Concept fits within "efficient product market transformation" strategic priority. $15-18 million GEF; $35-45 m. incremental cost cofinancing (total incremental cost $50-60 m.); and $500-1,000 million associated project financing. PDF-B $350,000.