Lost opportunities: Modeling commercial building energy code adoption in the United States

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-191

  Nelson, Hal T ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy codes; Implementation capacity; Policy adoption

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CODE; COLDER CLIMATE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMMERCIAL CODES; CONTROL VARIABLE; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ENERGY CODE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY; LOW COSTS; PAPER MODELS; POLICY ADOPTION; PRIVATE SECTORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATE FUNDING; STATE RESEARCHES;

OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BUILDING CODES;

BUILDING CODE; CAPITAL PROVISION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EXPENDITURE; MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIVATE SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865576246     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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