Seize the opportunity of green transformation and help build a green China.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that building ecological civilization is a Millennium plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. The Central Office and the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Green Development of Urban and Rural Construction (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions), which thoroughly implemented the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era and made major arrangements for the green development of urban and rural construction. Guided by the new development concept, the Opinions fully implements the ecological civilization thought of the supreme leader, and puts forward a complete system to promote the green development of urban and rural construction in combination with the reality of urban and rural construction and development in China, including five parts: overall requirements, promoting the integrated development of urban and rural construction, changing the development mode of urban and rural construction, innovating working methods, and strengthening organizational implementation. It has strong guidance and will become a policy program to promote the high-quality development of urban and rural construction for a long time to come, and guide the whole society to effectively change its development mode, construction mode and lifestyle.
It is very important to promote the effective implementation of the Opinions. The main body of urban and rural construction comes from the construction industry. Grasping the green transformation of the construction industry and construction methods will also grasp the key link that affects the green development of urban and rural construction. Therefore, this paper mainly puts forward some thoughts from the perspective of how to implement the Opinions and promote green development and transformation in the construction industry.
Seize a foothold
For the construction industry, the foothold of helping the green development of urban and rural construction lies in promoting new construction methods with green construction as the core, which should be used as a starting point to promote green development and create a green life.The key to the green development of urban and rural construction lies in the organic unity of green development, green construction and green life.
First of all,Green development is the fundamental direction., is to promote the work of the total gripper. The concept of green development takes the harmony between man and nature as its value orientation, the green low-carbon cycle as its main principle, and the construction of ecological civilization as its basic starting point. To realize green development in urban and rural construction is to protect the environment, change the development mode and realize sustainable development. Secondly,Green construction is the way to achieve it.. The construction industry must fundamentally get rid of the old road of extensive development, save resources and protect the environment to the maximum extent in the whole life cycle of the building, vigorously promote green construction, and help China achieve the goal of carbon neutrality and "double carbon" in peak carbon dioxide emissions. Finally,Green life is the ultimate destination.. The core of the high-quality development of the construction industry is people-oriented, which is reflected in providing people with higher-quality building products and providing better and more efficient green buildings and green houses. The mission of the construction industry is to achieve a better living environment and make people live in harmony with buildings and cities. The goal of 2035 put forward by Opinions is to build a beautiful China, which is in line with the concept of green living.
Green development, green construction and green life are an organic whole, and green construction is an important means to realize green development and a way to create green life.Therefore, efforts should be made to promote the transformation of the production mode of the construction industry, implement the goal of carbon neutrality and "double carbon" in peak carbon dioxide emissions, and change from traditional extensive construction to new construction mode with green construction, smart construction and industrialized construction as the core, build a green city and beautiful countryside, create a healthy and low-carbon lifestyle, and help the green development of urban and rural construction.
Adhere to two principles
First, adhere to the people-centered development thinking.The green development of urban and rural construction must provide green building products for the whole society and create a green living environment from the perspective of the people. The concepts of green planning, green design, green construction and green operation should run through the whole life cycle of buildings, and high-quality products that are applicable, economical, safe, green and beautiful should be built to meet people’s growing needs for a better life.Green development is not a slogan, but a practical action to implement the supreme leader’s ecological civilization thought.In order to improve the development quality of the construction industry, we must take the road of green development and solve the problems of low efficiency of resource and energy utilization, large waste discharge, serious dust and noise pollution. It is necessary to adhere to the concept of system, coordinate urban and rural construction, implement urban ecological restoration projects and functional improvement projects, enhance the integrity and systematicness of cities, solidly promote carbon emission reduction, vigorously develop green buildings, prefabricated buildings, green building materials and green construction, and enhance the green level of the whole construction process.
The second is to adhere to the basic principles of science and rationality.. In the past urban and rural construction, we have also gone through many detours, such as "spreading the pie" urban planning and large-scale demolition and construction projects, which have led to problems such as "urban disease" and "one side of a thousand cities". The green development of urban and rural construction requires us to adhere to scientific and reasonable construction methods, plan and build cities under the guidance of ecological carrying capacity, realize the integrated development of production and city, balance the development of occupation and residence, and build green cities, resilient cities and this beautiful city. Therefore, we should grasp the development path of green construction, regard the realization of green ecology at home level as the fundamental destination of green development of construction industry, push the green level of construction from light green to dark green by promoting the application of future-oriented green construction technology, realize the carbon balance of community wisdom in future green buildings, and truly implement the concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" in the industry.
推动“三造”融合
最高领袖总书记提出，中国制造、中国创造、中国建造共同发力，改变着中国的面貌。习总书记关于“三造”的这一重要论断，内涵丰富、影响深远。如何借助中国制造、中国创造、中国建造“三造”融合来转变城乡建设方式，是摆在我们面前的重要课题。
对建筑业而言，探索“三造”融合创新是行业变革的关键支点，将直接影响城乡建设绿色发展。回顾建筑业发展历史，不难看出，建筑业的技术革命与钢铁工业、机械制造业、信息产业等工业部门的技术变化紧密相关。总体上，我国建筑业生产方式仍比较落后，还没有真正完成建筑工业化。比较而言，制造业的技术先进性已经显著领先于建筑业，在生产效率、质量控制、环境保护等诸多方面都具有明显优势。为此，要着力推动以“制造+创造+建造”为特征的“三造”融合创新，促进工业先进技术、现代信息技术与传统建筑业融合。
To this end, we should give full play to our creative ability, through scientific and technological innovation and management innovation, put the concept of greening, industrialized technology and information management into the whole construction process, learn from the experience of standardization, process and information in industrial manufacturing, introduce advanced experiences such as assembly line production, intelligent manufacturing and flexible manufacturing into the construction industry, explore new-type building industrialization, and further improve the level of resource utilization and environmental protection with standardized design, automated production and information management. From the perspective of the whole life cycle of construction, we should promote the transformation of construction methods: in the design stage, we should improve the design quality and standardization level, promote green design, improve the constructability level of the scheme, and ensure the green from the source; In the manufacturing stage, it is necessary to scientifically organize manufacturing processes and processes, improve the level of automation and intelligence, and improve the efficiency of resource utilization; In the construction stage, it is necessary to organize scientifically, avoid waste of resources, and implement the green construction of "four festivals and one environmental protection"; In the operation and maintenance stage, it is necessary to improve the operation and management system, promote intelligent operation and maintenance, and truly realize green buildings, healthy buildings and low-carbon buildings.
Accelerate the coordination of "four modernizations"
At present, with the strong support of new materials, new equipment and new technology, the construction mode is developing towards "new construction" with a higher degree of green, industrialization and intelligence, centering on quality and efficiency. The coordinated development of greening, industrialization, intelligence and internationalization represents the fundamental direction of the transformation of production mode in construction industry. From the production mode, the foothold of new construction is mainly reflected in green construction, smart construction and building industrialization, which will promote the "three-all upgrade" of the whole process, all elements and all participants, and promote the "three-new drive" of new design, new construction and new operation and maintenance.
Greening is the inherent requirement of the new concept.Adhere to green development and form a new pattern of modernization with harmonious development between man and nature, which is the requirement of new development concept. The construction industry must fundamentally get rid of the old road of extensive development and devote itself to the construction of ecological restoration projects, people’s livelihood resettlement projects, and rivers and lakes management projects; We should devote ourselves to providing green building products for the whole society, creating buildings with ultra-low energy consumption and near zero energy consumption, reducing energy consumption in building operation and reducing carbon emissions. In particular, peak carbon dioxide emissions’s carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision of the CPC Central Committee and a solemn commitment made by China to the international community. Therefore, China’s construction industry must face arduous challenges, accelerate the deployment and promotion of green buildings, low-carbon buildings and ecological buildings, and find a reasonable path to achieve the goal of "double carbon".
Wisdom is the key engine of the new era.Developing new construction methods to promote the development and application of smart construction is an inevitable requirement of the fourth industrial revolution, an inevitable choice to upgrade the scientific and technological content of the industry, improve the quality of talents, and promote international integration. It is the only way to solve the problems of insufficient development such as relative lack of resources and insufficient balance between supply and demand in China, and it is also the key to China’s construction industry occupying the commanding heights of the global industry in the future.
Industrialization is the solid foundation of modernization.Developing new building industrialization is an important measure to implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and it is a powerful starting point to promote energy conservation and emission reduction in the construction field; At present, China’s construction industry is promoting the development of construction technologies such as prefabricated buildings and prefabricated bridges in various housing construction and infrastructure projects, combining with their respective engineering characteristics, giving full play to the advantages of high efficiency, high quality and automation in factory manufacturing, which will greatly reduce resource consumption and lay a solid foundation for the green development of the construction industry.
Internationalization is the key fulcrum of the new pattern.Promoting the international development of the industry will help China’s construction industry to better integrate with the world in overseas development such as "Belt and Road", give full play to the advantages of the long industrial chain of the construction industry, and drive China Manufacturing and China to create better opportunities to go abroad. Especially in the field of green and low carbon, it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation, not only by importing, digesting and absorbing foreign innovative achievements in carbon reduction technology, but also by going abroad, participating in international engineering construction and promoting the international development of green products.
Handle five pairs of contradictions well
The implementation of the Opinions needs to be promoted as a whole, especially the following five pairs of contradictions.
First, handle the contradiction between long-term and short-term.As a guide to the green action of urban and rural construction in a period of time, the Opinions should further distinguish priorities in the time process, not make a one-size-fits-all approach, and make good long-term and short-term arrangements. For complex issues such as the formation of green living habits and the protection of urban and rural culture, a long-term mechanism should be formed to make contributions for a long time; For problems that need to be dealt with urgently, such as promoting green building materials and reducing waste emissions, we should intensify our efforts and speed up the process.
The second is to handle the contradiction between the whole and the part.The green development of urban and rural construction involves urban agglomerations, cities, urban areas, streets, buildings and other different scales, and there is a widespread relationship between the whole and the part. It is necessary to coordinate the relationship well. Only by sticking to the overall requirements and handling local problems can we stick to the "bottom line", "red line" and "online", ensure that a blueprint is drawn to the end, realize the protection and inheritance of urban and rural culture, and promote innovative development and green development.
The third is to handle the contradiction between green and development.Green and low carbon does not mean delaying the development process. We should scientifically understand the connotation of the goal of "double carbon". In the process of realizing peak carbon dioxide emissions, the most important thing for the construction industry at the present stage is to improve the utilization efficiency of resources and energy through green construction, smart construction and building industrialization, change the extensive development mode of large-scale demolition and large-scale construction and waste of resources, promote the development of circular economy by using renewable green building materials and reducing waste emissions, and gradually reduce resource consumption and environmental emissions while maintaining a large industrial scale to promote project construction, so as to achieve the overall balance between development and low carbon.
The fourth is to handle the contradiction between innovation and application.Green development needs to be driven by technological innovation, and it also needs large-scale application and promotion. From the perspective of technological progress, innovation and application can be regarded as a pair of contradictions that are both opposite and unified. Application and popularization lead technological innovation and provide living soil for technological innovation; On the contrary, large-scale application often leads to technological development being satisfied with the status quo and delaying the pace of innovation. Therefore, in the process of green and low-carbon transformation of construction industry, we should put the continuous promotion of technological innovation in a very important position, improve the system and mechanism of scientific and technological innovation in urban and rural construction, and solve contradictions in the development process.
The fifth is to handle the contradiction between green and cost.The contradiction between green and cost is the key to restrict the formation of endogenous driving force for green development of urban and rural construction. On the one hand, with the progress of science and technology, many green construction technologies no longer mean higher costs; On the other hand, the increase of the short-term cost of green construction can often lead to the reduction of the comprehensive cost of the whole life cycle. This shows that what really needs to be solved is the dislocation of the responsible subject and the beneficiary subject of green construction. Therefore, we must explore the comprehensive innovation of green construction, and stimulate the endogenous motivation to promote the green development of urban and rural construction by introducing more scientific and reasonable management methods and implementing more accurate and effective policy measures. (The author is the former chief engineer of china state construction engineering corporation)