High Performance Buildings
High-performance buildings address human, environmental, economic and total societal impact. They are the result of the application of the highest-level design, construction, operation and maintenance principles—a paradigm change for the built environment.
See also building certification, building codes and building and energy efficiency.
Resources CESC
Deployment Data
Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries
Sources:
Leonardo Energy
Clean Energy Solutions Center
Date:
22 September 2014
Deployment Data
2010 Buildings Energy Data Book
Sources:
United States Department of Energy
Date:
1 March 2011
Deployment Data
2009 U.S. State Clean Energy Data Book
Sources:
United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Date:
1 October 2010
Policy Data
A Comparison of Energy Efficiency Programmes for Existing Homes in Eleven Countries
Sources:
Regulatory Assistance Project
Date:
1 February 2010
Publication
A Comparative Analysis of Building Energy Efficiency Policies for New Buildings
Sources:
Global Buildings Performance Network
Date:
1 February 2013
Publication
2018 CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Building Code
Sources:
International Code Council
CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
ASHRAE
CARICOM Secretariat Energy Unit
Date:
1 February 2019
Deployment Data
2011 Technology Map of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan)
Sources:
European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy and Transport
Date:
1 January 2011
Deployment Data
A Description of Current Regulatory Practices for the Promotion of Energy Efficiency
Sources:
International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER)
Date:
1 June 2010
Deployment Data
A Study of Economic Impacts from the Implementation of a Renewable Portfolio Standard and an Energy Efficiency Program in Michigan
Sources:
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
NextEnergy Center
Date:
1 April 2007
Publication
Accelerating Building Efficiency: Eight Actions for Urban Leaders
Sources:
World Resources Institute
Date:
11 May 2016
Deployment Data
Accelerating the Deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (Presentation)
Sources:
Natural Resources Defense Council
Date:
16 September 2010
Policy Data
Africa 2030: Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future
Sources:
International Renewable Energy Agency
Date:
1 January 2015
Publication
Advancing State Clean Energy Funds: Options for Administration and Funding
Sources:
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Optimal Energy
Inc.
Date:
1 May 2008
Publication
Advancing Gender Equality in the Environment: Making the Case for Gender Equality in Large-Scale Renewable Energy Infrastructure Development
Sources:
United States Agency International Develpment
Date:
1 May 2018
Publication
Alternative Building Emission-reduction Measure: Outcomes from the Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program
Sources:
Routlege Taylor & Francis Group
Date:
9 May 2016
Publication
An Analytical Compendium of Institutional Frameworks for Energy Efficiency Implementation
Sources:
World Bank
Date:
1 October 2008
Tools and Websites
An Approach to Sustainable Development Based Energy and Climate Policy
Sources:
CPR Climate Initiative
Date:
27 August 2015
Deployment Data
Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (Website)
Sources:
Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate