The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment

Appreciating the pivotal role of the building sector is crucial to an effective response to climate change. Implementation of policies for mitigating greenhouse emissions from the world’s buildings invariably relies on regulatory, economic or informational instruments. In fact a comprehensive strat...

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Main Author: Enker, Robert Abraham
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79746
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description Appreciating the pivotal role of the building sector is crucial to an effective response to climate change. Implementation of policies for mitigating greenhouse emissions from the world’s buildings invariably relies on regulatory, economic or informational instruments. In fact a comprehensive strategy utilizing all three approaches is required; although regulatory measures - building energy codes - are demonstrably most effective. Successful building energy policy must draw upon Behavioural Economics to achieve desired changes in stakeholder behaviour.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-797462022-06-15T08:49:11Z The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment Enker, Robert Abraham Appreciating the pivotal role of the building sector is crucial to an effective response to climate change. Implementation of policies for mitigating greenhouse emissions from the world’s buildings invariably relies on regulatory, economic or informational instruments. In fact a comprehensive strategy utilizing all three approaches is required; although regulatory measures - building energy codes - are demonstrably most effective. Successful building energy policy must draw upon Behavioural Economics to achieve desired changes in stakeholder behaviour. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79746 Curtin University fulltext
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The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment
title The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment
title_full The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment
title_fullStr The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment
title_short The Role of Building Regulation as a Policy Instrument for Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Built Environment
title_sort role of building regulation as a policy instrument for accelerating the transition to a low carbon built environment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79746