Nansha Hengli Island wins LEED award

Nansha Hengli Island Area wins the platinum precertification of LEED for Cities and Communities: Plan + Design. [Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

Nansha Hengli Island Area has received the platinum precertification of LEED for Cities and Communities: Plan + Design on Dec 8, being the first of its kind in Guangzhou to win the award.

Standing for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED is the most influential green certification system around the world. 

The precertification for Hengli Island has covered various areas spanning land, transportation, environment, resources and energy, as well as economy and society.

The design sketch of a corner of Hengli Island Area. [Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

Xu Chenbo, senior manager of the US Green Building Council, said that it was really impressive that Hengli Island put forward the goals of controlling the per capita carbon emissions below four metric tons a year on average and increasing the renewable energy supply ratio to eight percent.

"The number of carbon emissions is even lower than that in cities with strong international competitiveness like Washington DC," added Xu.

The judging committee of LEED also spoke highly of Hengli's initiatives in areas such as its full application of a sponge city management model and its construction of a green waste management system.