French high quality environment assessment system and application research

This paper presents the standard system, application condition and technical characteristics of French high quality environment (HQE) standard in building and district, and compares and analyses the differences in index structure, technical requirement and assessment method between HQE non-residential building assessment standard (under construction) and GB/T 50378-2019 Assessment standard for green building. Furthermore, the differences of typical indicators’ related provisions in HQE and GB/T 50378-2019 are explored by considering a specific case practice, and some recommendations to green building assessment in China are put forward.