Abstract
With the development of the world economy and the rapid increase in population, the carbon dioxide produced by large energy consumption has made environmental issues increasingly prominent, which has brought severe challenges to the survival and development of human society. The construction industry, as a major energy consumer and emitter, must change. Green buildings are an important way to promote the concept of sustainable development in the construction industry. In order to deepen the understanding of the spatial-temporal distribution and evolution characteristics of China’s green building development, this study collected statistical data of China’s green building label projects from 2008 to 2018, and studied the development status of China’s green buildings in three aspects: equilibrium, spatial distribution characteristics and spatial correlation. In addition, the driving factors of green buildings development were analyzed by using geological detectors. The results show that: (1) China’s green building development level has a high spatial imbalance and obvious agglomeration situation, but there is a large diffusion effect; (2) the spatial distribution characteristics, such as the distribution center, distribution range, distribution direction, and distribution shape of green buildings are constantly changing, and the changes have regularity; (3) in the early stage of green building development, there was a significant positive correlation, but most provinces were in low–low clusters; (4) economic level, technical level, and education level are the main factors influencing the development of green buildings.
Highlights
With the emergence of energy crises and environmental issues worldwide, issues such as population explosion, resource depletion, environmental pollution, and climate warming have become the focus of attention
In order to find new energy sources and take into account environmental pollution issues, many countries have begun to reduce the use of non-renewable energy sources and reduce carbon dioxide emissions as much as possible
According to the IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) fourth assessment report, the construction industry is the industry with the largest energy consumption in the world, and the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by construction activities accounts for about 36% of worldwide emissions [1]
Summary
With the emergence of energy crises and environmental issues worldwide, issues such as population explosion, resource depletion, environmental pollution, and climate warming have become the focus of attention. By studying the spatial distribution characteristics and temporal development law of green buildings in China, the results can guide the formulation of green building planning policies and promote the innovative management model of green buildings. This study established an index system of driving factors for green building development from three aspects: government regulation measures, public purchasing attitudes, and economic and technological environment; it used GeoDetector to analyze the driving factors of green building development. With the development of China’s green buildings, affected by factors such as economic level, technical conditions, and government control measures, the spatial distribution characteristics of green buildings, including the distribution center, distribution range, distribution direction, and distribution shape should be constantly changing. Each factor does not work alone; they may interact through mutual cooperation
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