Energy and housing

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6779921

Burby, R J; Marsden, M E

Residential environments account for a major portion, approximately 20 percent nationally, of the U.S.'s total energy consumption. Although different analysts arrive at different estimates of the exact amount of energy that can be saved in the residential sector, depending on their assumptions, two points are clear: (1) the amount of energy in housing that can be saved is very large, and (2) technical options and elements of housing construction, reconstruction, and operation must be taken into account in the formulation of a comprehensive residential energy conservation program. This book reports the results of a study designed to provide energy policy-makers and program personnel with an improved base of information about two group involved in the process of achieving energy efficiency in the residential sector-households and home-builders. In addition, it reports on energy conservation policies being developed in the fifty states and, based on analyses of household and builder behaviour in North Carolina, suggests new directions for state governments to move in order to increase energy savings in the residential sector.

• OSTI ID: 6779921
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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