Building efficiency 2013
How can greenhouse gas emissions from buildings be reduced?
The IPCC estimates that buildings will account for over 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 and that nearly half of these emissions can be avoided at modest cost. This contest seeks proposals on how emissions from buildings can be reduced, with a focus on increasing energy efficiency. See more...
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Proposals
Recycle newspapers into household insulation using no toxic chemicals, adhesives, or resins
Using energy efficient products and equipment in all new and remodeled homes and businesses.
Hempcrete is a sustainable material which if used extensively could result in our structures using much less energy to build and operate.
0% APR Financing. Green buildings deserve to cost the same amount up front as the least costly alternative.
The DoubleGreen Loan Program enables moderate-income homeowners to make their homes safer, more energy-efficient and affordable.
A green roof that can couple or decouple its thermal mass to cool the building in the summer and keep it warm in the winter.
What simple modifications can we make to lower usage in utilities and possibly render a few common products and processes unneeded?
Smart passive systems reduce HVAC generated GHG emissions by improved performance comparing exterior and interior conditions in real time.
Solar roof shingles are available, but they are not being adopted fast enough to produce substantial reductions in fossil fuel use.
Using energy efficiency as an incentive for formalization of illegal buildings in Montenegro
Streetlamps are part of the city’s street furniture. Their Electricity consumption represents a high percentage of a small-size city budget.
Geo-exchange heat pumps operate at efficiencies of 400% or more in heating and are twice as efficient as the best air conditioners.
Unleash leadership energies in each and every housing sub-market, in the right place, at the right time.
Responding to the future, today !
Store and Transport Heat in containers from Producers of excess heat to various Customers needing heat, instead of letting it go to waste.
I suggest painting the roofs of buildings white, or use other light reflective colours and or materials.
Small robots enter a wall cavity, navigate cooperatively, plug leaks, create a vapor barrier, then spray insulation throughout the cavity.
Ash as aggregate for concrete increasing strentgh by 50% and decreasing weight by 50%
To mitigate climate change, it is necessary to create more efficient buildings, reducing GHG emissions without sustained behavior change.
