V. Retrofitting Public Facilities

Introduce an energy management by contract model to designated shopping malls and hotels; retrofit 12 hospitals; carry out pilot retrofit projects in chosen public facilities and townships, and government and public office buildings.

VI. Energy Conservation in High-consumption Businesses

Complete the energy audit of 50 businesses with energy consumption equivalent to or exceeding 20,000-tpa coal; review implementation of clean production in 50 businesses, including high energy consumption businesses, for online monitoring.

VII. "Green" Lighting

Put in place "green" lighting systems in all member hotels and venues for the Beijing Olympics and their surrounding roads, as well as public facilities and households in core areas.

VIII. Renewable Energy Model Projects

Install solar street lamps, build "sunlight schools" and proceed with solar public-bath pilot projects in rural areas. Centralize straw gasification projects and pilot biomass coal central heating projects. Aggressively promote Heating Pump projects (where appropriate), targeting an increase of 7500 mu (500 hectares) covered by those projects. Begin the second-phase of the Guanting Wind Farm project.

IX. Water Conservation

The annual water recycling rate in Beijing has reached 60%. Recycled water is now the main source for agricultural irrigation, river & lake ecological projects and industrial cooling water. Highly efficient irrigation projects have been launched in the recycled water irrigation area of Tongzhou district and Miyun county. Water-efficient facilities will be further promoted, adopting intelligent water-efficient control systems for public baths in schools, hospitals, department stores and government offices.

Increase protection of water sources, in particular, environmental control in 60 villages that are reservoir sources and 26 rivers and streams.

Speed up the construction of reclaimed water treatment plants in Changping and Gaobeidian and clean up both the Yongding and Qinghe Rivers.

X. Integrated Resource Utilization Projects

Increase the use of low quality coal waste (gangue) in road construction and concrete. Promote the industrialized development of recycling systems as a renewable resource in urban areas and introduce this system to suburbs and rural areas. Speed up construction of household garbage treatment facilities and advance leachate renovation projects in official garbage treatment plants. Regulate the operating procedures in non-official garbage treatment plants within the sixth ring road. Refuse-transfer stations will be set up in key townships with trucks provided. Relevant management and protection systems will also be improved.

4. Three Key Areas

Statistics. Establish a city-wide energy statistical monitoring system including analysis and evaluation program. Reports on energy monitoring and analysis will be released on a regular basis. Statistical systems of energy providers to be standardized.

Categorized Measurement. Develop regulations on categorized measurement of energy consumption across the city. Encourage energy consumers to improve the use of energy measuring tools and conduct measurement tests for the 159 entities with an annual energy consumption of more than 10,000-tpa coal equivalent.

Enhance Monitoring Capacity. Improve the energy consumption monitoring platform and environmental monitoring system to enhance the on-line monitoring capability of major polluters.