Towering above 170 meters, China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp's headquarters in Tianhe district stands out as the country's first skyscraper at such a height with near-zero energy consumption.

During its construction, the company utilized its in-house cutting-edge technologies – such as the intelligent cloud-based construction factory, dual carbon control platform and low-carbon solar power modular housing.

That was in order to boost the speed of construction, reduce noise, dust and light pollution on-site and minimize the waste of resources.

The towering headquarters of China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp in Tianhe. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

In terms of energy efficiency within the building itself, it incorporates various designs for natural ventilation and daylighting. For instance, 96.37 percent of its office rooms can receive at least four hours of daylight per day and achieve an average illuminance duration of 6.68 hours, reducing lighting energy consumption.

Additionally, the adoption of a full heat recovery fresh air system allows for the recovery of 1.01 million kilowatt-hours of heat during summer operations, saving 160,000 kWh of electricity throughout the cooling season.

The impressive array of solar power panels on the building's roof. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

The building incorporates solar panel power generating systems on the roof and on the horizontal decorative wings, which is estimated to generate about 650,000 kWh of electricity in its first year, achieving a renewable energy utilization rate of 25.36 percent.

The building, which began construction on April 17 in 2022, has 36 floors above ground and three floors underground, with a total above-surface height of 176 meters and it boasts a combined floor space of about 104,000 square meters.

It has already attracted some upstream and downstream enterprises seeking detailed information about being potential tenants.