Green Buildings: A 'Net-Zero' Energy Research Agenda
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 08:14
in Mathematics & Economics
Buildings in the United States account for more than 40 percent of the nation's total energy consumption, and that is just one of their impacts on the environment. In a major statement on "green" building technology, a new report from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) sets out a broad agenda for research and development on technologies to decrease use of natural resources and improve indoor environments while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful pollutants from the building sector.