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Buildings energy efficiency in China, Germany, and the United States / Hermann Amecke, Jeff Deason, Andrew Hobbs, Aleksandra Novikova, Yang Xiu &#38; Zhang Shengyuan. Climate Policy Initiative, April 2013, 33 p.http://climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Buildings-Energy-Efficiency-in-China-Germany-and-the-United-States.pdfThis report compares energy efficiency policy in buildings in China, Germany, and the United States, providing the context for, and describing, policies in these three coun- tries in order to lay the groundwork for future review of policy effectiveness. As a lens for our analysis, we identify four opportunities for policy to impact energy use in buildings: new con- struction, building retrofit, equipment, and operations... read more on CPI website