What prompted the Chinese Government to initiate the Future House Community Project?
In addressing their role as one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, China’s Ministry of Construction, PRC, commissioned this demonstration project titled “Future House”, to showcase the most advanced sustainable energy building practices, on a world stage. This ‘demonstration community’ is specifically intended to address China’s growing energy concerns and will use the the 2008 Green Olympics as a platform to inform and educate. As the first international sustainable energy community, Future House is breaking new ground by uniting ten countries from around the world in the common goal of environmental responsibility and ecological forethought in advancing the art of home building. Future House USA will represent the United States in this endeavor. Other counties involved include, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, England, Italy, Norway and China. As China moves forward into the next decade, they are planning for the construction of over 100 million homes and
