The LEED-NC "Green Building" Rating System and Energy Efficiency in U.S. Commercial Buildings
By David M.Hart
Improving energy efficiency is the highest leverage, lowest-cost way to reduce carbon emissions. 40% of all U.S. energy and more than 70% of electricity is consumed in residential and commercial buildings. The goal of this study is to explore the feasibility of alternative business and public policy models in achieving scalable solutions to the problem of increasing the energy efficiency of residential and commercial buildings.
Kat Donnelly
Research Staff
Industrial Performance Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard K. Lester
Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jonas Michael Nahm
IPC Research Staff
Doctoral Student
Department of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alice S. Rosenberg
IPC Research Staff
Graduate Student
School of Architecture and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rohit Sakhuja
Executive Director, Energy Innovation Project
Industrial Performance Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology