Environmentally Sustainable Buildings

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	Environmentally Sustainable Buildings Challenges and Policies
	OECD. Published by : OECD Publishing

	Version: E-book (PDF Format)
	Price: €33 \| $43 \| £20 \| ¥3800 \|

Availability: Available Publication date: 07 Apr 2003 Language: English Pages: 196 Tables: 23 Charts: 18 ISBN: 9789264033863 OECD Code: 972003011E1

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This book presents an analysis of the environmental impacts of the building sector and of current policies to mitigate these impacts, in particular with regard to reduction of CO2 emission, minimisation of construction and demolition waste and prevention of indoor air pollution. It covers a wide range of policy instruments; building regulation, capital subsidy programmes, energy tax, landfill tax, environmental labelling schemes, energy audit schemes. It indicates the direction in which environmental policies for the building sector should be developed.

Other languages: French (Available)

Other Versions: Print - Paperback

Multilingual summaries: Japanese

Table of contents:

Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Building Sector
Chapter 3. Current Situation of Environmental Policies for the Building Sector
Chapter 4. Unique Characteristics of the Building Sector and Barriers to Improvement
Chapter 5. Policy Instrument Options for Environmentally
Chapter 6. Designing and Implementing Policies for Environmentally
Chapter 7. Conclusions: Policy Recommendations
Annex: Result of Survey on the Current Situation of Environmental Policies for the Building Sector in OECD Countries

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