Energy benchmarking of commercial buildings: a low-cost pathway toward urban sustainability

US cities are beginning to experiment with a regulatory approach to address information failures in the real estate market by mandating the energy benchmarking of commercial buildings. Understanding how a commercial building uses energy has many benefits; for example, it helps building owners and te...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matt Cox, Marilyn A Brown, Xiaojing Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035018