Info
- Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.
An assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program / / Scott Hassell ... [et al.]
| An assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program / / Scott Hassell ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7/05610973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HassellScott <1974-> |
| Collana | Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy - United States
Industrial policy - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-94046-5
9786612940460 0-8330-5071-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Purpose; Context for Assessing Performance Track; Solicitation, Study Questions, and Scope; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Voluntary Environmental Programs; U.S. Environmental Policy and the Development of Voluntary Environmental Programs; Academic Views on the Development of Voluntary Environmental Programs; Early Experiences with Voluntary Programs; Chapter Three - An Overview of Performance Track; The Creation of Performance Track
Aiming for Excellence Recommended Creating a Performance TrackInitial Announcement of Concepts for a Performance Track System; EPA Announces Performance Track's Achievement Track but Defers Development of the Stewardship Track; Program Philosophy; Major Program Features; Admission Criteria; Member Benefits; Environmental Improvement; Major Program Activities; Recruiting; Marketing; Knowledge Sharing; Application Processing; Site Visits; Review and Processing of Annual Performance Reports; Membership Trends; Member Improvements; Program Resources The Stewardship Track Evolved into the Corporate Leader DesignationProgram Termination; Chapter Four - Methodology; Literature Review of Voluntary Programs; The Challenge of Evaluating Voluntary Environmental Programs; Research on the Effectiveness of Voluntary Programs Remains Inconclusive; Previous Evaluations of Performance Track; Performance Track Interviews and Information Collection; Development of the Logic Model and Identification of Core Program Elements; Stakeholder Interviews; Pilot Interviews; Individual Interviews; Focus Groups; Interviewee Confidentiality Characteristics of the Interviewed PopulationAnalysis Framework; Chapter Five - Assessment of Performance Track's Concept and Design Phases; An Expanding Academic Literature Explores Why Firms Join Voluntary Programs and Why They Might Improve the Environment; Private-Sector Participation in Voluntary Programs Depends on the Relative Costs and Benefits of Participation; Voluntary Programs Might Be Able to Improve Environmental Quality; Concept Phase; Recruiting and Screening; Member Benefit Development and Delivery; Facilitation of Environmental Improvement; Findings; Design Phase Recruiting and ScreeningMember Benefit Development and Delivery; Facilitation of Environmental Improvement; Findings; Chapter Six - Assessment of Performance Track's Implementation Phase; Recruiting and Screening; Performance Track Rejected 16 Percent of Applicants, Removed 10 Percent of Members, and Had 7 Percent of Members Voluntarily Withdraw; Several Stakeholders Believed That Some Members Violated the Compliance Criteria or Were Undeserving of Membership; Some Stakeholders Found Performance Track's Marketing Messages to Be Inconsistent with Its Member Facilities Perceived Inconsistencies Began to Undermine Performance Track and Its Brand |
| Altri titoli varianti | Assessment of the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219979003321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Building better homes : government strategies for promoting innovation in housing / / Scott Hassell ... [et al.]
| Building better homes : government strategies for promoting innovation in housing / / Scott Hassell ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (131 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.33/8/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HassellScott <1974-> |
| Soggetto topico | Housing policy - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8330-3409-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Innovation in housing -- The concept of innovation in the U.S. housing industry -- The U.S. housing industry as the context for innovation -- Industry characteristics and motives and their effect on innovation -- Federal efforts to promote innovation in housing -- Federal strategies for promoting innovation in housing. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219990603321 |
| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Electricity requirements for a digital society / / Walter S. Baer, Scott Hassell, Ben Vollaard
| Electricity requirements for a digital society / / Walter S. Baer, Scott Hassell, Ben Vollaard |
| Autore | Baer Walter S |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.79/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HassellScott <1974->
VollaardBen A. <1975-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Telecommunication systems - Power supply
Electric power consumption - United States - Forecasting |
| ISBN | 0-8330-3405-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; 1.1 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY; 1.2 REPORT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND ORGANIZATION; Chapter Two APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY; 2.1 WHY CREATE SCENARIOS?; 2.2 APPROACH TO DEVELOPING ICT SCENARIOS; 2.3 ICT DRIVING FACTORS; 2.4 DATA, ASSUMPTIONS, AND UNCERTAINTIES IN THE SCENARIOS; Chapter Three INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SCENARIOS; 3.1 OVERVIEW OF SCENARIOS; 3.2 COMMON 2001-2006 SCENARIO; 3.3 REFERENCE SCENARIO
3.4 ZAIBATSU SCENARIO3.5 CYBERTOPIA SCENARIO; 3.6 NET INSECURITY SCENARIO; 3.7 COMPARING THE SCENARIOS; Chapter Four IMPLICATIONS OF THE SCENARIOS FOR U.S. ELECTRICITY USE; 4.1 HOW ICT INFLUENCES ELECTRICITY AND OTHER ENERGY USE; 4.2 ELECTRICITY USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR, 2001-2021; 4.3 ELECTRICITY USE IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, 2001-2021; 4.4 ELECTRICITY USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 2001-2021; 4.5 PROJECTED ELECTRICITY USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, 2001-2021; Chapter Five IMPLICATIONS OF THE SCENARIOS FOR THE U.S. ELECTRICITY SYSTEM 5.1 ASSURING POWER QUALITY AND RELIABILITY FOR DIGITAL DEVICES5.2 USING ICT TO IMPROVE GRID RELIABILITY AND OPERATIONS; 5.3 USING ICT TO SUPPORT DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND STORAGE; 5.4 REDUCING VULNERABILITY OF ICT AND ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURES; Chapter Six CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 6.1 ALIGNING EERE PROGRAMS AND PLANNING WITH ANTICIPATED ICT DEVELOPMENTS; 6.2 IMPROVING ELECTRICITY PROJECTIONS INVOLVING ICT; 6.3 IMPROVING ICT SCENARIOS FOR ENERGY PLANNING AND FORECASTING; Appendix A INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SCENARIO MATRIX Appendix B ICT-RELATED ELECTRICITY USE PROJECTIONSREFERENCES |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219964503321 |
Baer Walter S
|
||
| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||