Product Description: Most environmental analyses focus on changing existing processes to use less energy and produce fewer emissions. This report use energy service analysis (ESA) to examine possibilities for instead changing how a service is delivered...read more

Product Description: Three workshops on policies for mitigating climate change brought together representatives of government, industry, advocacy groups, and the research community to address the interconnection of climate change mitigation policy with the key sectors of energy and transportation...read more

Product Description: This report examines the structure, characteristics, and motivations of major participants in the housing industry to explore how innovation might be accelerated. It identifies options and strategies for the federal government to consider as it attempts to further advance innovation in housing to make homes more affordable, durable, and safe...read more

Product Description: Develops four scenarios of information and communcations technology evoultion from 2001 to 2021 and assesses their implications for U.S. electricity supply, demand, and delivery

Product Description: Investments in new construction and building typically represent 8 to 10 percent of the nation's GDP, with more than 40 percent of this investment being for new housing.

Product Description: Scientific research is becoming increasingly more globalized and more collaborative. At the same time, there is growing pressure within the United States to justify government funding for science and technology (S&T). The potential conflict between these developments raises questions of whether U...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)