Building energy efficiency is an important part of the strategies for sustainable development of the national economy,however,the important parts of building energy efficiency are the reform of building wall and the development of wall energy efficiency and the external wall thermal insulation technology,and the application of energy-saving materials is the main way to achieve building energy efficiency.Current external wall thermal insulation technologies and the application of energy-saving materials in common use were compared,according to the actual conditions to select the external wall thermal insulation technology and the energy-saving materials,which will promote the development of building energy efficiency both of the national and the local.