The State Key Laboratory of Green Building was approved for construction by the Ministry of Science and Technology in March 2023. Focusing on the national major strategic needs of achieving the 'dual carbon' goal in the construction industry and building a healthy and livable urban and rural human settlement environment, the laboratory takes the research, development and promotion of new models, new technologies and new products of green building suitable for different natural and social conditions in China as its main tasks. Adhering to the core philosophy of climate adaptation, local conditions, tradition inheritance and green development for a long time, it continuously seeks action plans and technical paths to reduce carbon emissions and energy and resource consumption of buildings in China.

The laboratory has successively built national-level scientific research platforms such as the Ministry of Education-Province Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center and the Higher Education Discipline Innovation and Talent Introduction Base ('111 Base'), and has built a distinctive research team with a reasonable echelon level. The team has won the 2023 National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Class, the honorary awards such as 'the First Batch of Huang Danian-style Teacher Teams of the Ministry of Education' and 'Advanced Collective of the National Education System'.

The base was approved for establishment by the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology in October 2015, and was re-recognized as a national-level international science and technology cooperation base (characteristic category) by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2025. The base closely cooperates with the International Water Association (IWA), as well as universities and research institutions in the United States, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, South Korea and other countries. Its research covers technologies such as wastewater reclamation and reuse, rainwater harvesting and utilization, urban water body restoration and water environment improvement. It gathers international first-class water environment experts, takes the IWA Future City Research Program and Non-traditional Water Resources Research Program as the cooperation link, and carries out theoretical, technical and engineering demonstration research on water issues related to urban sustainable development, especially the utilization of urban non-traditional water resources, so as to build a world-class international cooperation base. Based in Shaanxi, facing the whole country and radiating the world, it plays an important role in all aspects of research and development, exchange and technology promotion in the water environment field, and realizes technological innovation and industrial promotion.

The center closely follows the strategic development needs of the national building materials industry, focuses on the key scientific issues in the field of ecological building materials and the major common technical problems in the industry, and takes empowering the industrial transformation and upgrading and enhancing the independent innovation capability of the industry as the core goal. Adhering to the coordinated development of original innovation and integrated innovation, it focuses on the research and development, integration and industrialization promotion of key technologies, innovative processes and cutting-edge forward-looking technologies of ecological building materials; carries out technical achievement transformation and scientific and technological services for industry enterprises, and comprehensively boosts the technological iteration and green and low-carbon upgrading of the building materials industry.

After years of construction, the center has made breakthroughs in the common key core technologies for the consumption of bulk industrial solid waste in the building materials industry, and has built and improved a market-oriented technological innovation system and achievement transformation operation mechanism. It has formed a core base for technology research and development, achievement transformation and engineering integration innovation serving the high-quality development of the national building materials industry, and has become a scientific and innovation platform for the incubation of new building materials technologies, the cultivation of new business formats and the birth of new enterprises.

The National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Functional Materials Processing was approved for establishment by the National Development and Reform Commission in March 2015. Adopting the 'industry-university-research-application' model, it relies on the scientific research and talent advantages of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, and is jointly established with Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co., Ltd. and Baoti Group Co., Ltd. Based in the non-ferrous metal industry, the center focuses on the preparation and processing of high-performance non-ferrous metal functional materials, carries out integrated collaborative research on the design, process, products and equipment of non-ferrous metal materials, and has formed distinctive advantages in the basic theory, key technologies and equipment research and development of advanced functional materials, high-performance non-ferrous metal materials and rare metal materials, effectively improving the original innovation capability and core competitiveness of non-ferrous metal materials preparation and processing. In recent years, it has undertaken more than 50 national-level projects such as the National Key R&D Program projects, the National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development Project and the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 100 provincial, departmental and enterprise projects. It has won 1 Second Class of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 11 First Class of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Awards such as the First Class of Shaanxi Province Technological Invention Award. It has won the titles of 'Innovation and Striving' Team of the Chinese Nonferrous Metals Society and 'Sanqin Scholars' Innovation Team of Shaanxi Province.

The Key Laboratory of Northwest Water Resources and Environment Ecology of the Ministry of Education is jointly established by Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology and Xi'an University of Technology, relying on the two national key disciplines of Environmental Engineering and Hydrology and Water Resources. The laboratory focuses on the core problems of water resources shortage, environmental pollution and ecological fragility in the northwest region, and systematically carries out basic and applied basic research on the evolution and regulation of water ecological environment, the protection and efficient utilization of water and soil resources. Characteristic advantages: the water cycle mechanism and water environment restoration in arid and semi-arid areas, and the water source and water quality improvement technology have reached the international advanced level. It has a high-level team led by national outstanding youths and Yangtze River scholars, and has undertaken 44 national-level projects in the past three years. Academic status: it is the leading scientific research and talent training platform for water resources and environment ecology in the northwest region, and plays an important supporting role in the 'double first-class' construction of the two universities.

The Key Laboratory of Structural Engineering and Earthquake Resistance of the Ministry of Education relies on Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, was approved for project establishment in 2005 and passed the acceptance in 2008. Based in the western region and facing the whole country, the laboratory carries out systematic research around five major directions: new engineering materials and high-performance structures, protection and inheritance of ancient building structures, western rural and town buildings and green construction, structural toughness and intelligent disaster prevention, and intelligent diagnosis and long-life guarantee of engineering structures, with remarkable characteristic advantages. It has achieved a series of original achievements in the fields of earthquake resistance of 'heavy-load, long-span and complex' structures, safety assessment and performance improvement of ancient buildings, and durability theory of concrete structures, which have been adopted by many national and industry standards. The laboratory has an innovation team of the Ministry of Education, a national-level teaching team and multiple provincial-level innovation teams, with advanced scientific research conditions. It is one of the largest and first-class civil engineering research bases in the northwest region of China, which strongly supports the construction of the national key discipline of civil engineering, and provides important scientific and technological and talent support for the development of the western region, the 'Belt and Road' Initiative and the national 'dual carbon' strategy.

The center is a new type of scientific research entity engaged in scientific research, technological innovation and development, achievement promotion and transformation, and high-level talent training and delivery in the field of low-carbon and ecological cementitious materials and related technologies in China. It is also an important platform for academic exchanges between domestic and foreign peers and driving discipline development, and has formed a complete set of market-oriented technological innovation and transfer operation mechanisms. The center aims to cultivate and incubate new processes for ecological cement production with independent intellectual property rights in China, new technologies for the expansion of high solid-gas ratio heat exchange, mass transfer and reaction theory, new high-value, functional and ecological cementitious materials prepared from solid waste resource utilization, and new equipment for ultra-fine grinding of high-activity powder through technological innovation, so as to realize their engineering and industrialization nationwide. The center also aims to improve the industrial technical level and innovation ability, transfer technical achievements to enterprises, train and deliver technical talents, and promote the technological progress within the industry and enterprises through the research and development of key, innovative and forward-looking new technologies.

The International Joint Laboratory of Low-Carbon Building Environment was approved for establishment by the Ministry of Education in 2023, led by Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, and jointly established with internationally renowned institutions such as Umeå University in Sweden and Aalto University in Finland. The laboratory focuses on three major directions: low-carbon construction in normal environment (such as attached ventilation theory and low-carbon transmission and distribution technology), safety guarantee in disaster environment (air guarantee theory and key equipment), and intelligentization of underground environment guarantee. It is led by Professor Li Angui, a national-level talent, as the Chinese director. The team has been awarded the 'Huang Danian-style Teacher Team of National Colleges and Universities', and has successively undertaken more than 100 scientific research projects such as the National Key R&D Program. The achievements have been applied to national major projects such as offshore floating nuclear power plants, Xiongan High-speed Railway Station, Xi'an T5 Terminal Building, Zhengzhou Metro Station and the world's largest hydropower project underground super-large complex cavern group. The attached ventilation technology has been selected into the 'National Key Promoted Low-Carbon Technology Catalogue' by five ministries and commissions. The laboratory has hosted many international academic conferences such as ROOMVENT and ISHVAC. The joint laboratory aims to build an important international cooperation platform for scientific research, technological development, talent training and academic exchanges in the field of building environment and underground space environment.

The Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering relies on Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, was established in 1997 (formerly the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry), and has passed the evaluation of Shaanxi Province with excellent results for many times. The laboratory focuses on the control of water source and water quality pollution in the western region, wastewater and sewage treatment and resource utilization, urban water cycle management, air pollution control and other fields, and has formed a series of characteristic research directions with outstanding advantages. It has a high-level academic team led by national outstanding youths, and has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects. The laboratory has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the water environment treatment and ecological protection projects in the western region, and has made important contributions to the environmental protection and sustainable development of Shaanxi Province and the western region.

The Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Structure and Seismic Resistance was founded in 1956, with 15000 m² of experimental rooms, more than 1000 sets of instruments and equipment, with a total value of more than 80 million yuan. It relies on the national key discipline of Structural Engineering, the Civil Engineering Postdoctoral Mobile Station and the first-level discipline doctoral program, and has won excellent results in four consecutive evaluations of Shaanxi Province. The laboratory focuses on the research fields of structural engineering, earthquake resistance and disaster reduction, and has formed a series of characteristic research directions with outstanding advantages. It has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects, and has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the seismic reinforcement and reconstruction of buildings in the western region, and has made important contributions to the earthquake resistance and disaster reduction cause of Shaanxi Province and the whole country.

The Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Technology was approved for project establishment in 2004, relying on the advantageous resources of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the School of Materials Science and Engineering, and the School of Metallurgical Engineering of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. The laboratory currently has 71 permanent and mobile personnel, with a scientific research room area of about 2600 m², and more than 300 sets of advanced instruments and equipment. It focuses on the research and development of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, and has formed a series of characteristic research directions with outstanding advantages. It has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects, and has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the fields of new materials, electronic information, biomedicine and environmental protection, and has made important contributions to the development of the nanomaterials industry in Shaanxi Province and the whole country.

The laboratory was approved for the construction of Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory in 2018, and passed the acceptance in 2022 to be officially approved as Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory. The key laboratory currently has 77 permanent researchers and technical management personnel, with a construction area of 2280 m² and more than 380 sets of relevant professional instruments and equipment. It focuses on the research fields of ecological environment protection, resource utilization and sustainable development, and has formed a series of characteristic research directions with outstanding advantages. It has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects, and has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the ecological environment protection and resource utilization projects in Shaanxi Province, and has made important contributions to the ecological environment protection and sustainable development of Shaanxi Province.

The Shaanxi Provincial Field Scientific Observation and Research Station for Water Quality in the Qinling Water Source Area was officially approved for establishment in May 2022. It is the first field station in Shaanxi Province and even the whole country that focuses on the scientific observation and research of water source water quality. Its main purpose is to grasp the water quality change law, evolution mechanism and influencing factors of the main water source areas in the Qinling Basin through the observation and research of the water quality of the main water source areas in the Qinling Basin, and to provide scientific basis and technical support for the protection of water source areas, the improvement of water quality and the guarantee of drinking water safety. The station has a complete set of field observation equipment and laboratory analysis equipment, and has a professional observation and research team. It has carried out long-term continuous observation and research on the water quality of the main water source areas in the Qinling Basin, and has achieved a series of important observation and research results.

The center closely follows the strategic development needs of the national building materials industry, focuses on the key scientific issues in the field of ecological building materials and the major common technical problems in the industry, and takes empowering the industrial transformation and upgrading and enhancing the independent innovation capability of the industry as the core goal. Adhering to the coordinated development of original innovation and integrated innovation, it focuses on the research and development, integration and industrialization promotion of key technologies, innovative processes and cutting-edge forward-looking technologies of ecological building materials; carries out technical achievement transformation and scientific and technological services for industry enterprises, and comprehensively boosts the technological iteration and green and low-carbon upgrading of the building materials industry.

After years of construction, the center has made breakthroughs in the common key core technologies for the consumption of bulk industrial solid waste in the building materials industry, and has built and improved a market-oriented technological innovation system and achievement transformation operation mechanism. It has formed a core base for technology research and development, achievement transformation and engineering integration innovation serving the high-quality development of the national building materials industry, and has become a scientific and innovation platform for the incubation of new building materials technologies, the cultivation of new business formats and the birth of new enterprises.

The Shaanxi Provincial Engineering Research Center for Integrated Planning and Development of Urban Public Transport Space was established on December 14, 2020. It is a provincial-level engineering research platform approved by the Shaanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission and established relying on Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology. Based in Shaanxi and facing the whole country, the center closely follows the national strategies of new urbanization and transportation power, focuses on the key scientific issues and major common technical problems in the field of urban public transport space planning and development, and carries out systematic research on the comprehensive planning, design, development and utilization of urban public transport space. It has a high-level academic team, and has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects. The center has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the urban public transport space planning and construction projects in Shaanxi Province and the whole country, and has made important contributions to the high-quality development of urban public transport in Shaanxi Province and the whole country.

The International Joint Research Center for Value-Added Metallurgy and Processing of Non-ferrous Metals focuses on the extraction, preparation and processing of advanced metal materials, and builds an international industry-university-research-application cooperation platform in the field of new materials. Facing the fields of aerospace, nuclear power, petrochemical and other fields, it has formed four main research directions: new energy materials, material surface treatment, material processing and fatigue damage. It has a high-level academic team, and has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects. The center has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the advanced metal materials industry, and has made important contributions to the high-quality development of the non-ferrous metal industry in Shaanxi Province and the whole country.

The Shaanxi Provincial International Joint Research Center for Building Services Science and Underground Space Environment (hereinafter referred to as the Research Center) was approved for establishment by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology in 2021. Relying on the strong strength of universities and research institutions such as Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, it jointly establishes the center with countries along the 'Belt and Road' such as Singapore and Russia, as well as internationally renowned institutions in Denmark and other countries. The research center focuses on the key scientific issues and major common technical problems in the fields of building equipment science and underground space environment, and carries out systematic research on the intelligent operation and maintenance of building equipment, the environmental control and safety guarantee of underground space, and the energy conservation and emission reduction of building equipment. It has a high-level academic team, and has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects. The center has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the building equipment and underground space engineering projects in Shaanxi Province and the whole country, and has made important contributions to the high-quality development of the building equipment industry in Shaanxi Province and the whole country.

The Shaanxi Provincial International Joint Research Center for Advanced Inorganic Non-metallic Materials relies on Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, and has high-level platforms such as the National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Ecological Building Materials, the Engineering Research Center of Ecological Cement of the Ministry of Education, and the Sino-UK Science Bridge Cement-based Materials Joint Laboratory. Facing the national strategies of 'Western Development', 'Belt and Road' Initiative and 'dual carbon' goal, the center focuses on the key scientific issues and major common technical problems in the field of advanced inorganic non-metallic materials, and carries out systematic research on the preparation, performance regulation and application of advanced inorganic non-metallic materials. It has a high-level academic team, and has undertaken a large number of national, provincial and ministerial key scientific research projects. The center has achieved a series of important scientific research achievements, which have been widely applied in the fields of ecological building materials, advanced ceramics and other fields, and has made important contributions to the high-quality development of the inorganic non-metallic materials industry in Shaanxi Province and the whole country.