Beijing residential solar hot water plans to measure fees

In the future, new residential buildings in Beijing will be required to install solar hot water systems. Installation investment will be included in the construction costs by the developers. The use of solar hot water will be charged on a metered basis.

On October 17, the Municipal Housing and Construction Committee announced the "Measures for the Administration of Heat Metering and Energy Saving Reconstruction of Non-Energy Saving Residential Buildings in Beijing Municipality" and the "Administrative Measures for the Application of Solar Water Heating Systems in Beijing Municipality", which are open to the public for comments.

The draft of the Opinions stipulates that newly-built urban public buildings, such as newly-built urban residential buildings and hotels, hotels, schools, schools, etc., that have the demand for domestic hot water and are conditionally installed, shall be equipped with domestic hot water systems. Solar hot water systems should not be installed.

For the billing of solar hot water, Beijing intends to use the principle of measurement and charging, and adopts a centralized heat collection and concentrated heat-supply solar water heating system. In addition to apportioning routine maintenance and other fixed costs, the water fee, auxiliary heat source fee, etc. can be used according to The amount of hot water is measured monthly. The determination and adjustment of the price of the use fee shall comply with relevant regulations and be approved by more than two-thirds of the owners.