Comparative Study on Building Energy Consumption Requirements of Retail Buildings

Abstract

As one of the biggest parts of total building energy consumption, public buildings energy efficiency catch the eyes of policy makers and researchers. Recently, both national and local energy consumption requirements for public buildings are being developed. In this article, we compared the energy consumption requirements for a major type of public building (retail building) and analyzed the differences and similarities of the requirements. In the end, suggestions for developing building energy consumption requirements are given based on our comparative study.