Here are three clips from CNN as part of their Ecosolutions series that I thought readers would find interesting as, for no other reason, these are three CNN videos focused more on what is going right here in China on the issue of sustainability.
Clip 1: China’s Green Plans – focused on (as the title suggests) the plans that China has to move from its current path to what is now being called ecological civilization . Harmonious Society 2.0.
Clip 2: China’s Green Tower – focusing on the new Pearl River tower in Guangzhou. A nice sales piece for SOM, the building can produce up to 1 million kWh of energy through wind and solar equipment built into the building.. power that sadly will largely be wasted as there is no place to store the energy or load it back to the grid (makes me wonder why they are investing in so much capacity to begin with)… a point that Greenpeace closes with.
What I do find encouraging though is that the building will cost an estimated 15% more than the “Standard” building.. an amount that will be paid back in 5 years! Whereby, the buildings future energy savings would turn into a positive ROI for the owner. Not a bad time horizon at all.