Download or read book A Guide to Policies for Energy Conservation written by Frank J. Convery and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on a wide range of European experiences to analyze and evaluate the weaknesses of current energy conservation policies, and advance proposals designed to ensure that political, administrative, and energy conservation resources are used to maximum effect. Examines grants and subsidies to encourage investment in conserving energy in domestic and public buildings, information to inform householders of their conservation options and their implications, regulation to encourage the use of combined heating power, demand-side management by utility companies, and institutional development as a means of engendering bottom-up conservation initiatives. Based on a research project funded by the European Commission. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR