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Overall targets
The 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
The State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, now in its 13th edition, ranks states on their policy and program efforts. It assesses performance, documents best practices, and recognizes leadership.
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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.
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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 National Construction Code (NCC). More specifically, the ABCB was ta
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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.
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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.
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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 account for less than 10% of heat supply.
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- Incentive schemes
Taxation Mechanisms
What are the steps? Building energy codes and standards
This presentation provides a guideline to policymakers on
- Policy Group(s):
- Overall targets
- Policy packages
- Taxation mechanisms
Training and Education
Bang for buck: delivering better business cases to realise more value from our infrastructure investments
Traditionally infrastructure projects have been valued and assessed using methods which often do not best leverage all benefits and opportunities, or fully evaluate all costs.
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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 efficiency measures.
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- Energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Policy packages
- Performance monitoring
Guide to low carbon commercial buildings – retrofit
Why refurbish commercial buildings?
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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 and how trends across the State compare with the national landscape
- Policy Group(s):
- Performance monitoring
- Performance monitoring
