Energy Conservation Regulation for State-funded Institutions (2017 Amendment)

Energy Conservation Regulation for State-funded Institutions (2017 Amendment) Energy Conservation Regulation for State-funded Institutions (Promulgated by the Order No. 531 of the State Council on August 1, 2008; and amended in accordance with the Decision of the State Council to Amend and Repeal Certain Administrative Regulations on March 1, 2017) Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 To promote energy conservation in state-funded institutions, improve their energy efficiency and give play to their model role in the energy conservation of the whole country, this Regulation is formulated in accordance with the Energy Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China . Article 2 The term “state-funded institution” as mentioned in this Regulation refers to the state organs, public institutions and incorporations which are all or partly funded by the state treasury. Article 3 State-funded institutions shall make more efforts in energy utilization management and take technically feasible and economically reasonable measures to reduce energy consumption, reduce and stop energy waste, and use energy resources in an efficient and reasonable way. Article 4 The administrative department of energy conservation of the State Council shall take charge of supervising and administering the energy conservation work of all state-funded institutions nationwide. The government offices administration of the State Council shall, under the guidance of the administrative department of energy conservation of the State Council, promote, guide, coordinate and supervise the energy conservation work of all state-funded institutions nationwide. The government offices administration of the State Council or that of a local people's government at or above the county level shall take charge of supervising and administering the energy conservation work of the state-funded institutions at the same level under the guidance of the administrative department of energy conservation at the same level. The competent department of education, science and technology, culture, health or sports shall carry out the energy conservation work in the state-funded institutions in the corresponding field under the guidance of the government offices administration at the same level. Article 5 The government offices administration of the State Council or that of a local people's government at or above the county level shall, together with other relevant departments at the same level, give publicity to and provide education and trainings about the energy conservation of state-funded institutions so as to popularize the scientific knowledge about energy conservation. Article 6 The principal of a state-funded institution shall take full responsibility for the energy conservation of this institution. For the energy conservation work of a state-funded institution, the objective responsibility system and the performance evaluation system shall be practiced, and the accomplishment of the energy conservation objectives shall be taken as a basis for evaluating the performance of the principal of the institution. Article 7 A state-funded institution shall set up and improve its energy conservation rules and systems, give publicity to and provide education and on-the-job training about energy conservation, improve the energy conservation awareness of its functionaries, cultivate their habit of saving energy and improve the energy conservation management capability. Article 8 The energy conservation of state-funded institutions shall be subject to public supervision. All entities and individuals have the right to report acts of wasting energy committed by state-funded institutions, and the competent department shall investigate into and handle the reported acts in a timely manner. Article 9 Entities and individuals that have made great achievements in the energy conservation of state-funded institutions shall be honored and rewarded in accordance with the state provisions. Chapter II Energy Conservation Plan Article 10 The government offices administration of the State Council or that of a local people's government at or above the county level shall, together with the relevant departments at the same level, work out an energy conservation plan for the state-funded institutions of the same level according to the mid and long-term energy conservation plans of the people's government of the same level. An energy conservation plan for the state-funded institutions at the county level shall cover the energy conservation of township state-funded institutions within the jurisdiction. Article 11 An energy conservation plan for state-funded institutions shall be composed of the guiding ideology and principles, current energy use status and problems, energy conservation objectives and indicators, important links in energy conservation, effecter of the plan and guarantee measures, etc. Article 12 The government offices administration of the State Council or that of a local people's government at or above the county level shall part the energy conservation objectives and indicators and assign them to the state-funded institutions at the same level on an annual basis. Article 13 A state-funded institution shall, based on its energy use features and the energy use status of the last year, work out the annual energy conservation objectives and the implementation plan thereof, and take pertinent energy conservation management and reconstruction measures to ensure the accomplishment of the energy conservation objectives. A state-funded institution shall submit its annual energy conservation objectives and the implementation plan thereof to the government offices administration of the people's government at the same level for archival purposes. Chapter III Energy Conservation Management Article 14 A state-funded institution shall practice the energy consumption measurement system, distinguish different types of energy consumption, realize household-based, type-based and item-based measurement of energy consumption according to different energy use types and energy use systems and make real time monitoring over the status of energy consumption so as to find and correct energy waste acts in a timely manner. Article 15 A state-funded institution shall appoint special personnel to collect the statistical data about energy consumption, truthfully record the raw data about energy consumption measurement, and set up a statistics book. A state-funded institution shall file a report about its energy consumption condition......