1. ENERGY EFFICIENCY:
China's latest hot import -- foreign green building certifications
SHANGHAI -- Take a guess: What do Coca Cola's Chinese factory, Beijing's most expensive commercial center and the office building of China's Ministry of Science and Technology have in common? The answer is that they are all LEED-certified. Those buildings have turned to a U.S.-grown system called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which provides third-party certifications of green buildings. In recent years, foreign green building systems like LEED have flourished in China, where outside players traditionally do not have the upper hand. Go to story #1
Climate change is high on his to-do list.