Author: Hittman AssociatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Technology Assessment of Residential Energy Conservation Innovations
Author: Hittman AssociatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Technology Assessment of Residential Energy Conservation Innovations
Author: Hittman AssociatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Residential energy conservation
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Promoting Innovation
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309088895
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The application of technology to housing design, construction, and operation offers opportunities for improving affordability, energy efficiency, comfort, safety, and convenience for consumers. New technologies and production processes could help resolve serious problems facing housing producers, including labor shortages, interruptions due to inclement weather, quality control, and theft and vandalism losses. However, it is generally believed that realizing these benefits on a broad scale is considerably hindered by characteristics of the housing industry that inhibit the development and diffusion of innovations. The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) supports activities to address issues that are perceived by the industry to be the primary causes of the problems, i.e., barriers to innovation, lack of accessible information, and insufficient research and development (R&D) (NAHBRC, 1998). PATH was initiated in 1998 when Congress appropriated funds for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to begin implementing the concept, which was created by the National Science and Technology Council Construction and Building Subcommittee (NSTC C&B). At the request of HUD, the National Research Council (NRC) assembled a panel of experts as the Committee for Review and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing under the NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. The committee was asked to assess how well PATH is achieving its many program objectives to expand the development and utilization of new technologies in the U.S. housing industry. The committee has approached evaluation of the program as an exercise that also provides direction for PATH's future improvement.
Residential Energy Conservation
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Building Energy Efficiency
Author: Publisher: Office of Technology Assessment
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Energy Policy Instruments and Technical Change in the Residential Building Sector
Author: M. BeerepootPublisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 1607502917
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Energy performance policy in the building sector - such as is described by EU Directive known as EPBD - has the aim of reducing energy consumption in buildings. Given the importance of the development of innovations in energy technology, and a transition to a sustainable energy supply system, it is necessary that policy instruments for energy conservation in the building sector stimulate the development and diffusion of innovations. This publication contributes to knowledge about the content of energy performance policy and concludes that the effect of energy performance policy in encouraging innovation is limited. The study of the innovation system of the Dutch construction industry identifies how the project-based nature of the construction industry is an obstacle to ‘learning-rich’ collaboration between the various stakeholders. The study contributes to the discussion about the impact of government policy for energy conservation in the building sector, in the context of climate change policy.
Building Energy Efficiency
Author: Oliver MontenbruckPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780941375764
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
America's Energy Future
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309116023
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
For multi-user PDF licensing, please contact customer service. Energy touches our lives in countless ways and its costs are felt when we fill up at the gas pump, pay our home heating bills, and keep businesses both large and small running. There are long-term costs as well: to the environment, as natural resources are depleted and pollution contributes to global climate change, and to national security and independence, as many of the world's current energy sources are increasingly concentrated in geopolitically unstable regions. The country's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that addresses these concerns while still providing sufficient, affordable energy reserves for the nation. The United States has enormous resources to put behind solutions to this energy challenge; the dilemma is to identify which solutions are the right ones. Before deciding which energy technologies to develop, and on what timeline, we need to understand them better. America's Energy Future analyzes the potential of a wide range of technologies for generation, distribution, and conservation of energy. This book considers technologies to increase energy efficiency, coal-fired power generation, nuclear power, renewable energy, oil and natural gas, and alternative transportation fuels. It offers a detailed assessment of the associated impacts and projected costs of implementing each technology and categorizes them into three time frames for implementation.
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