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This is the current list of the top 50 open resources world wide chosen by experts, as the resources can and should influence building policies toward better energy efficiency and environmental outcomes in design and construction.Read more
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This is the list of the top 50 documents world wide which can inform policy to do with building energy improvements for commercial building retrofits.Read more
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This is the list of the top 50 documents world wide which can inform residential building policy for better energy and environmental outcomes.Read more
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2019 global status report for buildings and construction

11 Dec 2019
Report
Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction
Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction
This year’s Global Status Report provides an update on drivers of CO2 emissions and energy demand globally since 2017, along with examples of policies, technologies and investments that support low-carbon...

Building energy performance gap issues: an international review

06 Dec 2019
Literature review
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)
International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)
Building energy efficiency has been identified as a cost-effective opportunity to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and a variety of policies are being implemented to harvest this efficiency...

Guide to low carbon commercial buildings – new build

05 Nov 2019
Guide
Remy Augros, Ian Dixon, Philip Oldfield, Lester Partridge, Ben Slee and Konstantina Vasilakopoulou
CRC for Low Carbon Living
This guide acts as a practical reference for the design of high-performance, low-carbon commercial buildings. The target audience is everyone involved in the creation of new commercial buildings, from architects,...

Guide to implementing low carbon retrofits for social housing

26 Oct 2019
Guide
Daniel Daly, Michael Tibbs, Theresa Harada, Gordon Waitt and Paul Cooper
CRC for Low Carbon Living
This guide is intended as a simple to use reference for social housing asset managers and others involved in social housing upgrades.

The 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard

01 Oct 2019
Report
Weston Berg, Shruti Vaidyanathan, Eric Junga, Emma Cooper, Chris Perry, Grace Relf, Andrew Whitlock, Marianne DiMascio, Corri Waters and Nadia Cortez
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
It was a whirlwind year for energy efficiency in 2019 at the state level. Many legislatures and governors established the transition to clean energy and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

Achieving sustainability transitions in residential energy use across Europe: The importance of problem framings

01 Oct 2019
Journal article
Charlotte Louise Jensen, Gary Goggins, Inge Røpke and Frances Fahy
Energy Policy
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the residential sector is central to European energy policy. However, the speed and scale of sustainable energy transitions need to accelerate. There is a growing...