Key Takeaways
Test your understanding of building policy fundamentals
Your Progress
Section 5 of 5Policy Evolution
50+ years from voluntary energy crisis response (1970s) to mandatory building performance standards targeting 80% emissions reductions by 2050.
Prescriptive vs Performance
Codes offer simple prescriptive requirements (R-values, U-factors) or flexible performance modeling with trade-offs achieving 10-30% better outcomes.
Compliance Pathways
Multiple routes to compliance with varying cost-benefit profiles: prescriptive ($8-12k), performance ($15-25k), outcome-based ($30-50k) for new construction.
Real-World Impact
30+ cities with binding performance standards driving $10B+ retrofit investment, 40-80% emissions cuts from existing buildings by 2030-2050.
Policy Matching Challenge
Test your understanding by matching each policy mechanism to its real-world market outcome. Different policy designs drive specific transformations in building practices and markets.
Match Policies to Their Real-World Outcomes
Click a policy, then click its corresponding outcome to create a match
Policies & Mechanisms
Market Outcomes
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