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Overview of State Policies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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Authors:
Yu Wang

This paper introduces the major state-level regulations and policies for improving energy efficiency in buildings. The purpose of the review is to discuss the challenges and issues in policy implementation and the latest trend in adopting innovative instruments. The implementation of customer efficiency programs increasingly incorporates non-price instruments to encourage participation and deep savings. States pay attention to not only code adoption and update but also compliance and evaluation.

Relationships between lean and sustainable construction: Positive impacts of lean practices over sustainability during construction phase

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Authors:
David Carvajal-Arango, Sara Bahamon-Jaramillo, Paula Aristizabal-Monsalve,
Alejandro Vasquez-Hernandez, Luis Fernando Botero Botero

Academicians and professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) field have expressed an increasing interest in sustainability and its application in the development of construction projects, especially with its deemed relationship with lean construction, for the purpose of improving efficiency in the construction processes. Practices framed under the lean philosophy show their potential in reducing environmental, economic, and social impacts during the construction phase, with an increase in the parameters of sustainability in the development of projects.

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