Feedbacks from Focus Group Meeting on Training and Implementation of Building Energy Codes in China

Shui, Bin ; Lin , Haiyan ; Song, Bo ; Halverson, Mark A. ; Evans, Meredydd ; Zhu, Xiaojiao

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Decision Making;    Rural Areas;    Training;    Implementation;    Building Energy Codes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1007361
RP-ID  :  PNNL-20138
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  1007361

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A focus group meeting is a very effective quality research approach to collect information on a specific project. Through focus group meetings at both Changchun and Ningbo in August 2010, the project team gained a more complete understandings of key stakeholders (such as their education level), their training needs and expectations, key factors influencing their decision making, and incurred implementation difficulties. In addition, the meeting helped the project team (especially PNNL) improve its understanding of the implementation status of building energy codes in other regions (such as small cities and counties neighboring to urban areas, small townships and rural areas distant from urban areas). The collected feedbacks will serve as important input not only for better design of training materials and the development of an on-line training website, but also for development of follow-up projects to promote building energy codes in China.