Energy-saving buildings

In a sense, the country's resolve to realize its goals in energy saving and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions hinges on whether it can successfully deliver the green message to the construction sector.

Without innovations, buildings and houses constructed in the past paid little attention to energy saving or environmental impact. They continued to bite into in the country's energy consumption.

New buildings, if allowed to be built under the same outdated standards, could only make the picture gloomier.