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Top Ten Reasons for Building Energy Codes

Today’s energy, economic, and environmental challenges—combined with the fact that buildings consume nearly 40% of the nation’s energy—make energy codes a central part of a sustainable future.
Here are 10 key reasons to adopt them.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
BECP_top10_May2011_v00.pdf
Document Details
Last Name: 
Mosley
Initials: 
P
Affiliation: 
PNNL
Document Number: 
PNNL-79814
Focus: 
Adoption
Building Type: 
Commercial
Residential
Document type: 
Program Information
Target Audience: 
Advocate
Consumer
Policy Maker
State Official
State: 
All States
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