Improving the energy performance of buildings
Subtitle: learning from the European Union and Australia
By: Charles Ries, Joseph Jenkins, Oliver Wise.
Contributors: Jenkins, Joseph, 1985-; Wise, Oliver.; Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program)
Series: Technical report -- TR-728-RER; Technical report (Rand Corporation) -- TR-728-RER.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9780833047878
Subjects: Buildings -- Energy conservation -- European Union countries; Buildings -- Energy conservation -- Australia
Description: This study examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States. It appears that effective policies to promote energy efficiency can be devised using information disclosure, building codes, financial incentives, and benchmarking. Insights are presented to help designers of analogous U.S. policies.
Notes: "Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43)