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Overall targets
The 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
It was a whirlwind year for energy efficiency in 2019 at the state level. Many legislatures and governors established the transition to clean energy and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
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- Overall targets
- Performance approach
- Overall targets
DocumentIdentifying macro-objectives for the life cycle environmental performance and resource efficiency of EU buildings
This working paper brings together the findings of the first stage in this study, which focusses on the identification of 'macro-objectives' for the environmental performance of the EU building stock
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- Overall targets
- Energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Overall targets
Code Requirements
Comparison of building energy codes in Australia, United States and China for Australian commercial building energy conservation
Building energy codes have been widely implemented in the world to regulate energy consumption and CO2 emissions from the building sector. In order to assess the impacts of building energy
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- Code requirements
Decision regulation impact statement – energy efficiency of commercial buildings
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has been requested to consider potential stringency changes to the energy efficiency provisions in relation to commercial buildings in the 2019 edition of the
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- Energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Code requirements
Labelling Schemes
Building energy performance standards project: issues paper
Australia’s current national emissions reduction target is to reduce emissions to 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, Australia has committed to
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- Performance monitoring
- Labelling schemes
Incentive Schemes
Climate co-benefits of green building standards: water, waste and transportation
This paper quantifies the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions co-benefits associated with water, waste and transportation usage in certified green commercial office buildings in California. The study compares the measured values
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- Incentive schemes
Renewable heat policies: delivering clean heat solutions for the energy transition
Heat accounts for over half of global energy consumption and is a significant contributor to CO2 emissions. Renewables play a key role in decarbonising and providing cleaner heat but currently
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- Incentive schemes
Taxation Mechanisms
What are the steps? Building energy codes and standards
This presentation provides a guideline to policymakers on1. How to test the claims that the building energy codes were outdated from the industry association. 2. What to do if
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- Overall targets
- Policy packages
- Taxation mechanisms
Training and Education
Bang for buck: delivering better business cases to realise more value from our infrastructure investments
This paper presents rare insight as to what practical interventions can be delivered today and in the longer-term to achieve a better bang for our buck from our infrastructure spend.
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- Training and education
Performance Monitoring
Energy efficient office buildings: transforming the mid-tier sector
Sustainability Victoria’s Energy Efficient Office Buildings program demonstrates that energy savings of up to 29% can be achieved across the mid-tier office buildings sector, via building tuning and cost-effective energy
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- Energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Policy packages
- Performance monitoring
Guide to low carbon commercial buildings – retrofit
This guide provides methods for retrofitting commercial buildings to improve performance while reducing energy and carbon use.
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- Performance monitoring
2019 New York Getting to Zero Status Report
This Getting to Zero Status Report (the Status Report) offers building owners, tenants, design teams, contractors, and policymakers a summary of NZE commercial and multifamily buildings data in New York
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- Performance monitoring
- Performance monitoring
