Towards Rural Revitalization Strategy for Housing in Gully Regions of the Loess Plateau: Environmental Considerations

Tao Zhang, Qi Ding, Qinian Hu, Bin Liu, Weijun Gao, Dian Zhou and Hiroatsu Fukuda
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Tao Zhang: Innovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, China
Qi Ding: Innovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, China
Qinian Hu: Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
Bin Liu: School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Weijun Gao: Innovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, China
Dian Zhou: School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Hiroatsu Fukuda: Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-27

Abstract: Under the background of Chinese Rural Revitalization Strategy, how to improve rural regional environment and living quality is very important and urgent. At present, residential buildings in gully regions of the Loess Plateau have poor insulation and high-energy consumption. Thus, better ecological design can largely save energy and improve living comfort. The findings of this paper provide an insight into the ecological design potentials for reducing energy demand across rural regions in China. In this paper, we select three main types of residential buildings in gully regions and build energy demand models based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. The results show that the energy demand in the building use stage is extremely high in all three typical buildings, which account for around 90% of the whole life cycle. The energy demand of the traditional adobe residential building is lower than the brick-concrete structure buildings. The LCA method used in this paper can quantify the energy demand in each stage of life cycle, which helps to put forward the corresponding ecological design strategy. The research results can be used as a reference in the future development of this region and other rural regions in China.

Keywords: rural revitalization strategy; gully regions of the Loess Plateau; rural habitat; life cycle assessment; energy demand; residential building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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