Energy performance of office building envelope designs in the five major climate zones - severe cold, cold, hot summer and cold winter, mild, and hot summer and warm winter - in China was investigated. A major city within each climate zone was selected. These were Harbin, Beijing, Shanghai,...

We present the energy use situation in Hong Kong from 1979 to 2001. The primary energy requirement (PER) nearly tripled during the 23-year period, rising from 195,405 TJ to 572,684 TJ. Most of the PER was used for electricity generation, and the electricity use in residential buildings rose from...