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Environmentally Sustainable Buildings : Challenges and Policies / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buildings.
- Sustainable architecture.
- Buildings--Environmental aspects.
- Sustainable architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- Local Subjects:
- Buildings.
- Sustainable architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents an analysis of the environmental impacts of the building sector and of current policies to mitigate these impacts, in particular with regard to reduction of CO2 emission, minimisation of construction and demolition waste and prevention of indoor air pollution. It covers a wide range of policy instruments; building regulation, capital subsidy programmes, energy tax, landfill tax, environmental labelling schemes, energy audit schemes. It indicates the direction in which environmental policies for the building sector should be developed.
- Contents:
- Foreword; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Building Sector; Chapter 3. Current Situation of Environmental Policies for the Building Sector; Chapter 4. Unique Characteristics of the Building Sector and Barriers to Improvement; Chapter 5. Policy Instrument Options for Environmentally Sustainable Buildings; Chapter 6. Designing and Implementing Policies for Environmentally Sustainable Buildings; Chapter 7. Conclusions: Policy Recommendations; References
- Annex. Result of Survey on the Current Situation of Environmental Policies for the Building Sector in OECD Countries
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-08104-X
- 9786610081042
- 92-64-03386-6
- OCLC:
- 191039537
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