Dialogue Summary:Doubling The Rate Of Energy Efficiency Improvements
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Energy use by buildings offers a tremendous opportunity for governments seeking to foster clean energy technologies. Sustainability-minded policymakers should focus on three interlinked policy approaches related to better buildings: 1) energy policy that favors energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy sources, 2) climate policy that recognizes and internalizes the cost of carbon pollution; and 3) standards and performance criteria for the building envelope and the building components.
Video: New Commercial Building Asset Rating in the U.S. –Eliot Crowe
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Buildings Codes and Policies: Toward Transformative Thinking
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Video: New Commercial Building Asset Rating in the U.S.- Nora Wang
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Lessons Learned from Early Implementation of Rating and Disclosure Laws in U.S. Cities
Most building owners and occupants do not have any knowledge about the energy performance of their buildings. This information gap prevents property and financial markets from valuing energy-efficient homes and buildings. Internationally, new government policies are starting to require the disclosure of energy performance. Generally, these policies obligate owners to benchmark...
Accelerating Energy Efficiency in India’s Buildings Market (NRDC-ASCI)
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IBE Briefs World Bank on Transformative Energy Efficiency Policies and Actions
Energy efficient buildings and urban environments are vital to reaching goals on climate, energy and development in emerging economies. On Aug. 30, 2012, representatives from the Institute for Building Efficiency briefed members of the World Bank Energy Efficiency Community of Practice on the Institute’s second-edition report, Driving Transformation to Energy Efficient Buildings: Policies...
Video: Driving Transformation to Energy Efficient Buildings V2
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Video: Rating and Disclosure Laws in U.S. Cities – Early Lessons Learned
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Experts at Dialogue Session Discuss Financing of NAMAs for Building Efficiency Policy
The Institute for Building Efficiency recently participated in a Latin American regional dialogue in Bogota, Colombia, on the development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The dialogue was organized by the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) as part of its Mitigation Action Implementation Network (MAIN)i. The dialogue brought together experts...