The Enlightenment of American Stormwater Management Evaluation Criteria (LEED-ND, SITES, LPS) on Performance Assessment of Sponge Cities in China

Facing the ongoing construction of sponge cities in China, how to assess the construction results has become a new focus. China’s specific assessment standards for this field have been introduced in recent years, and the latest edition of “Assessment Standard for Sponge Cities” (Exposure Draft) was released in July 2018. This paper selects the evaluation criteria for rainwater management in the “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND)”, “Sustainable Site Initiative (SITES)” and “Landscape Performance Series (LPS)” in the US Performance Evaluation Standards. Then it compares them with the assessment methods and evaluation criteria of China's sponge cities. Finally, it proposes suggestions for China’s “assessment standard for sponge cities” from three aspects: the supplement of assessment indicators, the improvement of assessment methods and the expansion of assessment index rules.