Improving the energy performance of buildings learning from the European Union and Australia
This study examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States. It appears that effective policies to promote energy efficiency can be devised using inf...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND
2009, 2009
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| Series: | Technical report
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This study examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States. It appears that effective policies to promote energy efficiency can be devised using information disclosure, building codes, financial incentives, and benchmarking. Insights are presented to help designers of analogous U.S. policies |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 43 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0833047876 1282398520 9780833047878 |