Interpretation of the Evaluation Standards of Low Carbon Urban Green Communities

Green community is a direction for modern neighborhood development against the background of the sustainable development strategy with the aim to improve residential environment and provide guidance for low-carbon lifestyle. With the quickening of urbanization,green community development is attracting greater attentions of worldwide research institutions related, especially to the evaluation standards of green communities. This paper interprets the indicators of three major rating systems for green communities; analyzes the evaluation factors with combination of the practice; discusses the application of the assessment indicators;and prospects the construction and development of the green communities in China.