Mainstreaming Building Energy Efficiency Codes in Developing Countries: Global Experiences and Lessons from Early Adopters

Feng Liu, Anke S. Meyer and John F. Hogan

No 5915 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: This report summarizes the findings of an extensive literature survey of the experiences of implementing BEECs in developed countries. It also includes case studies of four developing countries- China, Egypt, India, and Mexico and the state of California in the United States of America. It aims to inform both the World Bank Group and its client countries about global best practices and emerging lessons from developing countries in the design and implementation of BEECs. The report also serves as a primer on the basic features of BEECs and the commonly adopted compliance and enforcement approaches. The key challenges to improving compliance enforcement in developing countries include the level of government commitment to energy efficiency, the effectiveness of government oversight of the construction sector, the compliance capacity of domestic/local building supply chain, and the financing constraints. These challenges are surmountable in countries where economic growth is sustained and energy efficiency is pursued as a key element of national energy strategy.

Keywords: Macroeconomics; and; Economic; Growth-Climate; Change; Economics; Environment-Climate; Change; Mitigation; and; Green; House; Gases; Energy-Energy; and; Environment; Energy-Energy; Production; and; Transportation; Environment-Environment; and; Energy; Efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8534-0
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