Low Carbon Buildings 低碳建築

   Low Carbon Buildings; What are the Building Criteria The greenhouse gas impacts of cities are enormous and 70% of a typical large city has impact locked up in buildings. To stand any credible chance of greenhouse gas abatement, buildings offers one of the biggest opportunities. In the long run, green property bonds are expected to make up to 40% of the green bonds market but this will depend on confidence among investors that the buildings are making a genuine contribution to the  transition to a green economy.

什麼是建築標準 城市對溫室氣體的影響是巨大的，典型的大城市有70％的建築物受到影響。為了承受溫室氣體減排的任何可能的機會，建築物提供了最大的機會之一。從長遠來看，綠色地產債券預計將佔綠色債券市場的40％，但這將取決於投資者的信心，即這些建築物正在為向綠色經濟過渡做出真正的貢獻。

   The Low Carbon Buildings criteria sets out what property assets are eligible for certification under the  Climate Bonds Standard &nbsp ;and covers three different types of property assets: Commercial buildings: Buildings must meet one of the approved certification pathways laid out in the Low-Carbon Criteria. These include either, alignment with a city level low-carbon trajectory using the baselining methodology, achieving&nbsp ; a significant emissions improvement  of 30-50%, or qualifying under a pre-approved emissions performance proxy (using the proxy methodology).

    While residential assets can use the same pathway as commercial assets, emissions data does not always exist. Existing instruments such as local building codes, energy rating schemes (e.g. US Energy Star) and energy labeling schemes (e.g. Energy Performance Certificates in the UK) are leveraged as pre-approved emission performance proxies (using the proxy methodology).

    Non-building assets such as street lighting  improvements  can meet the performance criteria & nbsp ;if they achieve an emission reductions of 30%-50% (depending on bond term) from a baseline will qualify for certification.  Further details are provided in the guidance on Low Carbon Buildings Criteria. The criteria was developed by the & nbsp Low Carbon Buildings Technical Working Group, which was initially made up of 17 international experts including representatives of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe, the Investor Group on Climate Change and Hermes Real Estate, to mention a few.

    The first green bond certified under the Low Carbon Buildings criteria was issued by theＡNZ Bank In May 2015, with proceeds of A$600m allocated to green buildings, wind energy and solar energy loans in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia.


source:https://www.climatebonds.net/standard/buildings