Inventory of U.S.-led International Activities on Building Energy Efficiency Initial Findings

Delgado, Alison ; Evans, Meredydd

关键词: BUILDINGS;    ENERGY EFFICIENCY;    INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;    US ORGANIZATIONS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1000154
RP-ID  :  PNNL-19467
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1000154
Others  :  Other: BT0400000
Others  :  TRN: US201101%%139

学科分类：能源（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Several U.S. Government agencies promote energy efficiency in buildings internationally. The types and scope of activities vary by agency. Those with the largest role include the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of State and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Both USAID and the Department of State have a substantial presence overseas, which may present some complementarities with the Department of Energy???s efforts to reach out to other countries. Generally speaking, USAID focuses on capacity building and policy issues; the Department of State focuses on broad diplomatic efforts and some targeted grants in support of these efforts, and EPA has more targeted roles linked to ENERGY STAR appliances and a few other activities. Several additional agencies are also involved in trade-related efforts to promote energy efficiency in buildings. These include the Department of Commerce, the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency (TDA). This initial synthesis report is designed to summarize broad trends and activities relating to international cooperation on energy efficiency in buildings, which can help the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in developing its own strategy in this area. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will develop a more complete synthesis report later in 2010 as it populates a database on international projects on building energy efficiency.