Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings Learning from the European Union and Australia

• Main Author: Ries, Charles P. (auth)
• Other Authors: Jenkins, Joseph (auth), Wise, Oliver (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2009
• Subjects: Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business; Environmental policy & protocols; Political Science; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...