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Performance Approach

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.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Overall targets
  • Performance approach
  • Overall targets

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, now in its 12th edition, ranks states on their policy and program efforts, not only assessing performance but also documenting best practices and recognizing leadership.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Performance approach
  • Enforcement standards
  • Certification
  • Policy packages

Building Shell

Review of APEC green building project: final report

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) project entitled The Role of Standards and Conformity Assessment Measures in Enhancing the Performance and Energy Efficiency of the Commercial Building Sector (MCTI 02 12A; referred to as the “Green Building Project”) was spe
    Policy Group(s):
  • Building shell

Technical Systems

2019 global status report for buildings and construction

The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, 11% of which resulted from manufacturing building materials and products such as steel, cement and glass.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Technical systems

Renewable Energy Systems

The emissions gap report 2016: a UNEP synthesis report

Since 2010, United Nations Environment (UNEP) has produced annual Emissions Gap Reports based on requests by countries for an independent scientific assessment of how actions and pledges by countries affect the global greenhouse gas emissions trend, and how this compare
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Renewable energy systems
  • GHG emissions

On-site energy

Primary energy

GHG emissions

The emissions gap report 2016: a UNEP synthesis report

Since 2010, United Nations Environment (UNEP) has produced annual Emissions Gap Reports based on requests by countries for an independent scientific assessment of how actions and pledges by countries affect the global greenhouse gas emissions trend, and how this compare
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Renewable energy systems
  • GHG emissions

Includes all energy

Energy efficiency and Renewable energy

Future of HVAC – in a net-zero world

This paper provides a snapshot of future HVAC in a net-zero world, and outlines some of the main themes from the workshop discussions such as:
    Policy Group(s):
  • Energy efficiency and renewable energy

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.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Energy efficiency and renewable energy
  • Policy packages
  • Performance monitoring

Zero Energy Target

Revision Cycle

Costs and benefits of implementing green building policy

Green building (GB) policies have been implemented to promote GB and address climate change. Most of the existing literature have studied the costs and benefits of developing GB, without considerations of GB policies’ impacts.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Revision cycle

Levels Beyond Minimum

A critical comparison of green building rating systems

Various green rating systems are established globally to evaluate the sustainability of construction projects. Their categories and criteria have been under constant updates to follow the sustainable trend of building development.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Levels beyond minimum

Enforcement Standards

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, now in its 12th edition, ranks states on their policy and program efforts, not only assessing performance but also documenting best practices and recognizing leadership.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Performance approach
  • Enforcement standards
  • Certification
  • Policy packages

Certification

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, now in its 12th edition, ranks states on their policy and program efforts, not only assessing performance but also documenting best practices and recognizing leadership.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Performance approach
  • Enforcement standards
  • Certification
  • Policy packages

2019 global status report for buildings and construction

The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, 11% of which resulted from manufacturing building materials and products such as steel, cement and glass.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Technical systems

The emissions gap report 2016: a UNEP synthesis report

Since 2010, United Nations Environment (UNEP) has produced annual Emissions Gap Reports based on requests by countries for an independent scientific assessment of how actions and pledges by countries affect the global greenhouse gas emissions trend, and how this compare
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Renewable energy systems
  • GHG emissions

Policy Packages

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.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Energy efficiency and renewable energy
  • Policy packages
  • Performance monitoring

Setting up a formal energy code development process

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a leading organization globally on building energy codes and standards. PNNL has served as the technical lead for DOE’s Building Energy Codes Program in the U.S.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Policy packages

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

The 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, now in its 12th edition, ranks states on their policy and program efforts, not only assessing performance but also documenting best practices and recognizing leadership.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Performance approach
  • Enforcement standards
  • Certification
  • Policy packages

2019 global status report for buildings and construction

The buildings and construction sector accounted for 36% of final energy use and 39% of energy and process-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, 11% of which resulted from manufacturing building materials and products such as steel, cement and glass.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Technical systems

The emissions gap report 2016: a UNEP synthesis report

Since 2010, United Nations Environment (UNEP) has produced annual Emissions Gap Reports based on requests by countries for an independent scientific assessment of how actions and pledges by countries affect the global greenhouse gas emissions trend, and how this compare
    Policy Group(s):
  • Certification
  • Policy packages
  • Renewable energy systems
  • GHG emissions

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