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

Code Requirements

Energy codes 101: benefits for the residential real estate industry

Building energy codes lay out the minimum requirements for the envelope (insulation, windows and air sealing), mechanical equipment and lighting of a building (residential and commercial) in terms of energy efficiency/conservation for new construction or major renovatio
    Policy Group(s):
  • Code requirements
  • Incentive schemes
  • Market instruments

Labelling Schemes

Incentive Schemes

Boosting renovation with an innovative service for home-owners

For building owners, the renovation process can be a hassle, shaped by the ambiguity of the measures to implement. Uncertainty is one of the reasons why the renovation rate continues to linger around 1% and private investments remain limited.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Incentive schemes

Energy codes 101: benefits for the residential real estate industry

Building energy codes lay out the minimum requirements for the envelope (insulation, windows and air sealing), mechanical equipment and lighting of a building (residential and commercial) in terms of energy efficiency/conservation for new construction or major renovatio
    Policy Group(s):
  • Code requirements
  • Incentive schemes
  • Market instruments

Taxation Mechanisms

Green building policy case studies, New Mexico

First adopted in 2007, and most recently renewed in 2015, New Mexico’s Sustainable Building Tax Credit supports the greening of many building types across the state.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Taxation mechanisms
  • Document
  • air cleaning technology Assessment Systems

Utility Funded Programmes

Residential dual-fuel programs

Most energy efficiency programs target only one fuel, usually electricity or natural gas. While they achieve savings, they sometimes miss opportunities by failing to address other fuels.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Utility funded programmes

Market Instruments

Energy codes 101: benefits for the residential real estate industry

Building energy codes lay out the minimum requirements for the envelope (insulation, windows and air sealing), mechanical equipment and lighting of a building (residential and commercial) in terms of energy efficiency/conservation for new construction or major renovatio
    Policy Group(s):
  • Code requirements
  • Incentive schemes
  • Market instruments

Training and Education

Understanding potential user needs

The iBRoad project aims to eliminate barriers to deep renovation by developing an Individual Building Renovation Roadmap for single-family houses.
    Policy Group(s):
  • Training and education

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

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