As China urbanizes, and workers move from factories to offices, the construction and operation of buildings will account for a growing share of Chinese cities’ energy consumption and carbon emissions. While the buildings in most cities in China accounted for 20 to 25 percent of municipal energy consumption in 2013, buildings in Beijing, a major business and administrative center, accounted for more than 50 percent of the city’s municipal energy consumption in 2010, a number that...