This paper introduces stakeholders to the concept of a clean energy standard (CES), explains how a CES works, describes the benefits that a CES can deliver, and explores federal and subnational options for CES policies.
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Source: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Date: November 2011
The authors of this report review advances in energy efficiency legislation and how it has played out in the market through the year 2011. The report follows 25 energy efficiency policy recommendations made in prior years by the International Energy Agency.
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: April 2012
This report examines the worldwide market for energy efficiency and provides energy efficiency market snapshots that review important drivers and developments in selected international energy agency (iea) countries.
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: January 2015
This report highlights the many factors that have affected energy efficiency progress in 85 countries, representing more than 90% of global consumption.
Source: World Energy Council, ADEME
Date: September 2013
This recorded webinar examines the Readiness for Investment in Sustainable Energy (RISE) project, which provides indicators for assessing the legal and regulatory landscape for investment in sustainable energy.
Source: World Bank Group, Clean Energy Solutions Center
Date: June 2015
This report examines cost reduction and technology improvement trends for a suite of renewable energy generation options, and it illuminates other factors that may influence their deployment through 2025.
Source: Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA)
Date: February 2015
This report describes how energy has become the central theme in discussions on alleviating poverty, promoting economic development and improving the quality of life of people.
Source: Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)
Date: July 2015
The public-private roundtable summarized on this web page describes how the transition to a global clean energy economy depends on the world's cities, which accounting for roughly 75 per cent of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)
Date: May 2015
This article explores governance options and regimes for addressing climate change in building stock. Specifically, the authors investigate how building regulatory systems and related polices are addressing the current and future effects of climate change.
Source: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group
Date: May 2016
This journal article brings together 50 “new-governance” instruments to understand better new governance for low-carbon buildings and what may be expected from it. The authors find that new-governance instruments fall short in exactly the same areas as do traditional instruments.
Source: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group
Date: April 2016