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Accelerating building efficiency: eight actions for urban leaders [1]

With buildings responsible for 32 percent of global energy consumption and a quarter of CO2 emissions, there is a huge, under-tapped opportunity to create more sustainable cities through building efficiency. More efficient buildings can generate economic benefits, reduce environmental impacts and improve people’s quality of life. Developed in partnership with Johnson Controls, the report offers practical advice for city leaders, including eight clear and specific recommendations to unlock building efficiency. It presents a politically smart, common-sense approach that will help usher in a new era of better buildings suited for the 21st century.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
Jennifer Layke [2], Eric Mackres [3], Sifan Liu [4], Nate Aden [5], & et al [6]
World Resources Institute [7]
Tags:
Buildings [8], Sustainable Development [9], Urbanisation [10], Environment [11], Energy Efficiency [12], Governance [13], Green Buildings [14], India [15], Global [16]
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