The Comparative Studies Of Legislation Of Green Building Among Mainland And Hong Kong And Taiwan Areas

The urgent need to protect the environment and conserve resources requires China to develop a green economy and follow the path of sustainable development,Green buildings have emerged.The development of green building needs the legal system to protect and the legislation escorts the green building.The natural philosophy of harmony between man and nature,the jurisprudential basis of human rights,the economics principle of externality and life-cycle construction cost management theory can provide the foundation for green building legislation and provide guidance.In the meantime,after years of green building development,Hong Kong and Taiwan have formed a complete legal system of green building and the mainland can exert the advantage of backwardness and learn from the experience of Hong Kong and Taiwan.By comparing legislation of green building between mainland China and Hong Kong and Taiwan,not only the basic situation and advantages of green building legislation in Hong Kong and Taiwan can be grasped,but also the lack of legislation in mainland China can be found out.Specifically,the green building legislation in mainland China has some problems such as the green building standards and evaluation system are not perfect,the economic incentives is not strong,the green building legislation lack of life cycle considerations,and the existing green building laws are not compulsory.The reason is that the green building industry research and technical support is not enough,the green building market is not yet mature,green building management needs to be strengthened and the community lack of awareness of green building.In other words,at present,the development status of green buildings in mainland China is not enough to produce a complete legal system.However,a perfect legal system can promote the further development of green buildings,so that the green building legislation in mainland China should be strengthened.Furthermore,the mainland can learn from the legislative experience of Hong Kong and Taiwan on the basis of comparison.Hong Kong and Taiwan have advanced concepts as well as institutional strengths such as perfect green building assessment system,strong economic encouragement,comprehensive life-cycle management.Based on the beneficial experience of absorbing Hong Kong and Taiwan and under the theoretical basis,mainland can select green building legislation mode that conforms to the mainland,establish and improve the green building standards and evaluation system,strengthen economic incentives,build a life-cycle management system,and adopt a combination of compulsion and voluntariness to further enhance the green building legislation.