Energy Efficiency and pace model
Nadia Ameli , UC Berkeley An economic transition is needed to a low-carbon, sustainable, and job producing model. In thatprocess, improving commercial and residential building energy efficiency is vital given than structures are the site of more than 70 percent of the electricity use1 and almost 40 percent of greenhouse gas emission2 in the United States. To trigger this change, more stringent laws are needed that reduce energy use in buildings, improveenergy efficiency and encourage use of renewable energy such as solar photovoltaic and solarthermal. Regulatory approaches have proven effective, like in United States and Europe. Many barriers exist to the reduction energy consumption: high cost of investment needed for this to happen, lack of information, uncertainly of savings and long payback time. Our research group from the University of California, Berkeley, are evolved in the development of tools that can used to overcome the financing barriers. The Energy Financing Districts were first proposed by the City of Berkeley, California in 2007 and they have received an increasing attention as a mechanism for financing residential or commercial clean energy projects.The Read more…
Categories: Academic Papers, Energy efficiency, Finance and investment
Tags: conference 2010, Domestic consumption, Energy in a Low carbon economy, PACE, Student poster, USA
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2010
