Guided by Tianjin University, a zero-carbon building powered by solar and wind energies will be built in Xiongan New Area. 

"We aim to build a 'zero carbon' demonstration building in Xiongan that achieves the goal of 'carbon neutrality' in its whole life cycle,” said Doctor Candidate Zhao Tong from Tianjin University, also the project leader.

Developed by Zhao’s company, the project located in Xiong'an Future Urban Innovation Center, about 1km from Baiyangdian Reservoir, covers an area of 313 square meters. It will serve as a science education base as well as a technology exhibition and conference venue.

To achieve carbon neutrality, it uses prefabricated light steel skeleton composite insulation wall panels to construct the buildings. All building structures are pre-made and then assembled on-site. “In this way, the building can reduce carbon emissions by nearly 93 percent,” said Zhao.

The project also adopts network-linked intelligence control pipeline space heat storage system developed by Zhao’s team to realize underground energy recycling. The technology was initially used to collect heat energy contained in underground sewage conduits and transfer it into power generation that supports building heating or cooling.

Zhao said, “With a smart operation and maintenance management system, the thermal power we collect from the river will be enough for the building’s power consumption and generates no carbon at all.”

It is scheduled to be completed in this summer. The network-linked intelligence control pipeline space heat storage system won the support of the China Youth Entrepreneurship Fund in 2021.