As the low-carbon era approaches, new energy-saving building materials are products that cater to the trend of market development, and energy-saving and environmentally friendly products will undoubtedly become the future development trend of the building materials industry. Moreover, energy conservation in construction in our country is urgent, which also brings opportunities for the development of new building materials.

With the arrival of the 21st century, guided by the scientific outlook on development, the construction sector has clarified that it must follow a new industrialization path that is resource-saving and environmentally friendly. Currently, our country has initially established a building energy-saving design standard system with a target of 50% energy savings, and some regions are implementing even higher standards of 65% energy savings. For building energy conservation, the most critical link is the use and promotion of new energy-saving building materials. At the same time, through the use of new building materials, significant results in building energy conservation can also be achieved.

New energy-saving building materials are a new variety of building materials that differ from traditional bricks, tiles, and sandstones. The industry has clearly defined the scope of new building materials, which mainly includes four categories: new wall materials, new waterproof sealing materials, new thermal insulation materials, and decorative materials. They have low production energy consumption, significant energy-saving effects during use, and also feature land-saving, environmental protection, waste utilization, thermal insulation, fire resistance, lightweight, reduced transportation costs, convenient construction, and low cost.

Qiu Baoxing, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, stated that the energy consumption per unit area of buildings in our country is 2-3 times that of developed countries, causing a heavy energy burden and serious environmental pollution for society. China must follow a sustainable development path, and the development of energy-saving and green buildings is urgent. In this regard, Xu Yongmo, Vice President of the China Building Materials Federation, pointed out that the development of the construction industry, especially the development of building energy conservation, requires the support of the building materials industry. Therefore, against the backdrop of energy conservation and emission reduction, the construction industry has a significant demand for the development of the building materials industry, including new wall materials that meet building energy conservation requirements, green fire-resistant durable composite insulation wall structures, and the modularization and functional integration of residential industrial materials.

The "2016-2020 China Energy-Saving Building Materials Industry Deep Research and Investment Prospect Forecast Report" released by Zhongtou Consulting pointed out that after decades of development, our country's building materials industry has become an important raw materials and products industry with a complete range of categories, large scale, complete system, strong product matching capability, and significant international competitiveness, occupying a crucial position in the international market. With the widespread promotion of energy-saving buildings, society has put forward new requirements for the building materials industry, and the market's requirements for energy-saving, consumption reduction, and environmental protection indicators of building materials products are also increasing. New energy-saving building materials have responded to the development of energy-saving and environmental protection trends, becoming highly sought-after products.

New energy-saving building material products are gradually increasing in the market, such as green and environmentally friendly coatings, energy-saving and water-saving bathroom products, environmentally friendly stone, and environmentally friendly exterior wall tiles. The prospects for energy-saving and environmentally friendly products in the vast market of the building materials industry are promising. The sales of these products are also continuously rising and are gradually gaining favor with consumers.

Although the new building materials industry is currently facing two major bottlenecks, on one hand due to cost and market limitations, and on the other hand due to technical barriers and incomplete related supportive policies. However, as the low-carbon era approaches, new energy-saving building materials are products that cater to the trend of market development, and energy-saving and environmentally friendly products will undoubtedly become the future development trend of the building materials industry. Moreover, energy conservation in construction in our country is urgent, which also brings opportunities for the development of new building materials. It can be foreseen that the development of green energy-saving building materials with energy-saving effects will have unlimited potential.