| As the exhaustion of global resources, energy and the deteriorating of environment, energy conservation and emission reduction are put on the agenda. In total energy consumption, building energy consumption about 50%, so the energy conservation of the building is a key factor to China's rapid economic development and relative energy shortages. Low carbon building is a building system refers to energy-efficient, low energy consumption, low pollution and low emission, in the whole life cycle of the buildings, use the ecological architecture, energy-saving technology, ecological materials and so on, through the reasonable development intensity, reduce the use of fossil fuels, improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, achieve architectural low carbonation. With the rapid development of urbanization construction, but for putting forward the urgent requirement for the development of low carbon architectural, yet domestic currently haven't clear understanding the connotation of low carbon building. In this context, it is an urgent to research the development prospects of the low-carbon building, to promote the promotion of the low-carbon building.Low carbon building is a complex, interdisciplinary systems engineering. This paper around the theme on the development of the low carbon building, it firstly reviews the research status of the relevant content of the domestic and foreign low carbon building and the development of the low carbon building, shows the significance of researching the potential benefits and development prospects of the low carbon building presently, Subsequently further discusses the total benefits of the low carbon building, focuses on the external benefits and future internal benefits of the low carbon building and evaluates it, looks forward to the development prospect of the low carbon building, puts forward some strategies for the development of the low carbon building in China. For the future offers beneficial reference for the development of China's low carbon cities. |