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Title: Potential Job Creation in Rhode Island as a Result of Adopting New Residential Building Energy Codes

Abstract

Are there advantages to states that adopt the most recent model building energy codes other than saving energy? For example, can the construction activity and energy savings associated with code-compliant housing units become significant sources of job creation for states if new building energy codes are adopted to cover residential construction? , The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) asked Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to research and ascertain whether jobs would be created in individual states based on their adoption of model building energy codes. Each state in the country is dealing with high levels of unemployment, so job creation has become a top priority. Many programs have been created to combat unemployment with various degrees of failure and success. At the same time, many states still have not yet adopted the most current versions of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) model building energy code, when doing so could be a very effective tool in creating jobs to assist states in recovering from this economic downturn.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1108156
Report Number(s):
PNNL-21540 Final
BT0703000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Scott, Michael J., and Niemeyer, Jackie M. Potential Job Creation in Rhode Island as a Result of Adopting New Residential Building Energy Codes. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1108156.
Scott, Michael J., & Niemeyer, Jackie M. Potential Job Creation in Rhode Island as a Result of Adopting New Residential Building Energy Codes. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1108156
Scott, Michael J., and Niemeyer, Jackie M. 2013. "Potential Job Creation in Rhode Island as a Result of Adopting New Residential Building Energy Codes". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1108156. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1108156.
@article{osti_1108156,
title = {Potential Job Creation in Rhode Island as a Result of Adopting New Residential Building Energy Codes},
author = {Scott, Michael J. and Niemeyer, Jackie M.},
abstractNote = {Are there advantages to states that adopt the most recent model building energy codes other than saving energy? For example, can the construction activity and energy savings associated with code-compliant housing units become significant sources of job creation for states if new building energy codes are adopted to cover residential construction? , The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) asked Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to research and ascertain whether jobs would be created in individual states based on their adoption of model building energy codes. Each state in the country is dealing with high levels of unemployment, so job creation has become a top priority. Many programs have been created to combat unemployment with various degrees of failure and success. At the same time, many states still have not yet adopted the most current versions of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) model building energy code, when doing so could be a very effective tool in creating jobs to assist states in recovering from this economic downturn.},
doi = {10.2172/1108156},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1108156}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}