We were commissioned by the City of Ningbo to undertake the Ningbo City Resilience Study which was funded by the World Bank. The study reviewed the institutional set up and the governance system of the city in response to disasters and risks resulted from climate change. Recommendations were made to set up resilience evaluation indicators for the city; a technical guidelines on management risks from climate change; as well as case studies on integrating climate resilience into territory spatial planning systems in Chinese cities.

We were the team leader in the expert team commissioned by the Asian Development bank to provide technical guidelines, policy recommendations, and framework for institutional arrangements enabling mainstreaming of structural and nonstructural actions for urban climate change adaptation in the People’s Republic of China. Our collaborating partners included the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, WSP and ICLEI.

Carbon offset development for buildings, transport, waste management and energy facilities covered by the 30 sq km new town in Tianjin, China.

We led the preparation of the first carbon neutral roadmap for one of the largest urban regeneration project in China – the former 8 sq km steel work site in Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. Part of the project, the carbon neutral demonstration area, has won the UK Royal Town Planning Institute International Award Finalist Award, and the Hong Kong Green Building Award (Research and Planning) Merit Award. It was designated as the first climate positive project in China by the international organization C40.

The completion of a nation-wide, strategic and quantitative assessment of the potential carbon emission reduction impact of the planning and implementation of low carbon planning design interventions across cities in China over the next decade. This assessment will serve as the technical validation of the importance of scaling up both the plan making as well as the implementation of the key low carbon planning design policies in China, as a significant contribution to the national and local goals of carbon peaking and naturalization.

In support of the planning and development of 14 Green Eco-Districts in the City of Beijing, we were commissioned by the City of Beijing to stablish a carbon accounting standards for Statutory District Zoning Plans for the 14 Green Eco-Districts. The accounting methodology has set out the carbon emission accounting protocol, describe the methodology, the toolbox, database, calculations and evaluation performance indicators.

Carbon offset development for up to 5 million sm of industrial and commercial floor areas in Guangzhou, China.

Project development for a business park in the city of Qingdao, China. The project will include 500,000 sm of buildings floor area owned by one land owner and developer with possibility to include future buildings.