To Fit Dual-Carbon Policy, Bureau Veritas Helps Guangzhou Metro Recreate Industrial Sample with Low-Carbon and Environmental Protection Research

Bureau Veritas Group (hereinafter referred to as "BV"), as one of the members of the project team of Guangzhou Metro Group (hereinafter referred to as "GMG") in its "Renewed Sustainable Development Oriented Technical Standards and Evaluation Norms for Low-carbon and Environmental Protection in Rail Transit Network", congratulates GMG for its qualification in the new round of review organized by the leading group of network-themed research on Oct. 9. The project, by creating a brand-new industrial benchmark featuring a green and low-carbon route, strives to make due contributions to the "peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality" as a fresh trend in rail transit development. 

The expert review committee consists of academicians, masters, experts and leaders of the National Energy Conservation Center as follows: Chen Xiangsheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Shi Zuoting, deputy director of the National Energy Conservation Center; Li Xun, former vice president of the China Academy of Urban Planning & Design and former secretary general of Chinese Society for Urban Studies; Xu Wei, Yang Xiuren, Shi Haiou, National Engineering Survey and Design Masters. 

The project is in the list of 23 technology-themed researches in GMG's renewed network engineering, which concentrates the efforts on the implementation path of the dual-carbon policy (i.e. peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality) in the rail transit, the design and evaluation norms of green rail transit, and demonstrates the practical actions of Guangzhou Metro to actively respond to the dual-carbon trend and embrace the integrative construction of rail transit in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Guangzhou Metropolitan Area. Guided by GMG, BV, as a world-renowned consultancy provider of green building, international third-party carbon & energy evaluation organization, and energy audit service provider, collaborates with national organizations of green building system construction, the first echelon of urban rail transit design & consultancy and leading enterprises in various fields to provide all-round solid support for the project. 

In August, national academicians of rail transit industry, green building and relevant academic associations, national engineering survey and design masters, experts, scholars and leaders of the National Energy Conservation Center gathered in Guangzhou to review the interim results of the project. The review highly praised the research quality of the interim results, and recognized the work done by the project team with "global vision, local adaptation, breakthrough and interdisciplinary integration"; the results fully manifested that GMG, as a state-owned enterprise, shouldered the responsibility and took the leadership in the policies of "peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality", whose project results provided a model for the "dual-carbon" development of the rail transit industry. 

The expert committee's endorsement on the project: "The interim results drew sufficient lessons from such international norms as ISO 14040, ISO 14067 and US LEED rating system, and incorporated GB 50378 (China's green building system). Based on scrupulous comparison with the released/in-progress norms at home and abroad, the project put forward the first complete green rail transit design and matching evaluation technology system and norms in the industry; with the green planning and planning design as guidelines, the project involved all sectors, majors and processes of rail transit and realized the overall evaluation of 'station, yard and route', which set a stage for the solution of the non-applicability of China's existing green building system to the rail transit; it carried out the whole life cycle assessment on carbon footprint for civil engineering and electromechanical equipment, established the standard procedures of carbon evaluation, conducted the energy review on the station running, and thereby determined the energy review procedures!" The comments recognize the project results and represent the social evaluation on GMG's continuous exploration in energy conservation and emission reduction in the past 30 years, which, moreover, expresses the tremendous expectations from industry heavyweights on technology development. 

The successful qualification in the review of industrial authorities and GMG's new round of network-themed research review recognizes the project team's painstaking efforts and greatly encourages the team to keep striving to contribute a superior final result, provide solutions for the industry and help realize the national dual-carbon targets!