Research
The Diffusion of Energy Efficiency in Building
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Date
06-08-2011
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Publication
Published in American Economic Review
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Expertise
Sustainable Real Estate
We analyze the diffusion of buildings certified for energy efficiency across US property markets. Using a panel of 48 metropolitan areas (MSAs) observed over the last 15 years, we model the geographic patterns and dynamics of building certification, relating industry composition, changes in economic conditions, characteristics of the local commercial property market, and the presence of human capital, to the cross-sectional variation in energy-efficient building technologies and the diffusion of those technologies over time. Understanding the determinants and the rate at which energy-efficient building practices diffuse is important for designing policies to affect resource consumption in the built environment.
Publication
Kok-et-al_The-Diffusion-of-Energy-Efficiency-in-Building.pdf
