) 查看英國(guó)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》的新報(bào)頭，會(huì)令雄心勃勃的亞洲人頗為得意。在這個(gè)版畫上，以及英國(guó)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》網(wǎng)站(FT.com)類似的蒙太奇宣傳圖片上，5座的建筑分別是上海、香港、科倫坡和臺(tái)北等亞洲城市的標(biāo)志性建筑。
It is gratifying for ambitious Asians to examine the FT's new masthead on the page opposite. The five tallest buildings in the engraving, and in the similar promotional montage on the FT.com website, are iconic landmarks in the Asian cities of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei.
不那么令人愉快的是，對(duì)于這些令人敬畏的摩天大樓的能源效率，亞洲人的感興趣程度與其對(duì)高度的癡迷并不相稱。在亞洲，人們討論全球變暖、空氣污染、風(fēng)能和混合動(dòng)力汽車等環(huán)境問(wèn)題的熱烈程度幾乎與歐美不相上下，但相關(guān)的建筑標(biāo)準(zhǔn)方面鮮有行動(dòng)。
Less gratifying is the fact that Asia's obsession with height is not matched by an interest in the energy efficiency of its awe-inspiring skyscrapers. Environmental issues - global warming, air pollution, wind power and hybrid cars - are almost as much discussed in Asia as they are in Europe or the Americas, but the related if unsexy subject of building standards merits hardly a murmur.
但這不是小事。通常而言，建筑物占一國(guó)能源消耗量的三分之一。據(jù)估計(jì)，中國(guó)（世界上人口最多的國(guó)家）建筑物每平米能源消耗量是多數(shù)發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家的2至3倍。對(duì)于曾在夏天在冷氣十足的餐館中穿上羊絨衫，或者在北京寒風(fēng)刺骨的冬夜大敞窗戶以免被樓內(nèi)的集中供暖活活烤熟的人而言，這一數(shù)字并不令人意外。
Yet this is no small matter. Buildings typically account for a third of a nation's energy consumption. China, the most populous country on earth, is estimated to use two to three times more energy per square metre of its buildings than most advanced economies. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has donned a woolly jumper in a freezing air-conditioned restaurant in summer, or thrown open the windows on an icy winter's night in Beijing to avoid being baked alive by the communal heating in their apartment building.
中國(guó)和其它亞洲國(guó)家迫切需要趕上全球改善建筑物能效的步伐，解決建筑物在設(shè)計(jì)、建造和使用方面存在的兩大問(wèn)題。
China and other Asian economies need urgently to catch up with global improvements in building efficiency and to tackle the two big problems with the way buildings are designed, constructed and used.
It is gratifying for ambitious Asians to examine the FT's new masthead on the page opposite. The five tallest buildings in the engraving, and in the similar promotional montage on the FT.com website, are iconic landmarks in the Asian cities of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei.
不那么令人愉快的是，對(duì)于這些令人敬畏的摩天大樓的能源效率，亞洲人的感興趣程度與其對(duì)高度的癡迷并不相稱。在亞洲，人們討論全球變暖、空氣污染、風(fēng)能和混合動(dòng)力汽車等環(huán)境問(wèn)題的熱烈程度幾乎與歐美不相上下，但相關(guān)的建筑標(biāo)準(zhǔn)方面鮮有行動(dòng)。
Less gratifying is the fact that Asia's obsession with height is not matched by an interest in the energy efficiency of its awe-inspiring skyscrapers. Environmental issues - global warming, air pollution, wind power and hybrid cars - are almost as much discussed in Asia as they are in Europe or the Americas, but the related if unsexy subject of building standards merits hardly a murmur.
但這不是小事。通常而言，建筑物占一國(guó)能源消耗量的三分之一。據(jù)估計(jì)，中國(guó)（世界上人口最多的國(guó)家）建筑物每平米能源消耗量是多數(shù)發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家的2至3倍。對(duì)于曾在夏天在冷氣十足的餐館中穿上羊絨衫，或者在北京寒風(fēng)刺骨的冬夜大敞窗戶以免被樓內(nèi)的集中供暖活活烤熟的人而言，這一數(shù)字并不令人意外。
Yet this is no small matter. Buildings typically account for a third of a nation's energy consumption. China, the most populous country on earth, is estimated to use two to three times more energy per square metre of its buildings than most advanced economies. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has donned a woolly jumper in a freezing air-conditioned restaurant in summer, or thrown open the windows on an icy winter's night in Beijing to avoid being baked alive by the communal heating in their apartment building.
中國(guó)和其它亞洲國(guó)家迫切需要趕上全球改善建筑物能效的步伐，解決建筑物在設(shè)計(jì)、建造和使用方面存在的兩大問(wèn)題。
China and other Asian economies need urgently to catch up with global improvements in building efficiency and to tackle the two big problems with the way buildings are designed, constructed and used.