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1 online resource (142 pages) |
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""THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AGENCIES IN FOSTERING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN BUILDING""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""THE GOVERNMENT INTEREST""; ""BENEFITS AND RISKS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY""; ""SOURCE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 NEW BUILDING TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND GOVERNMENT INTERESTS""; ""PUBLIC BENEFITS OF INNOVATION""; ""GOVERNMENT AS PURCHASER AND FUNDER OF RESEARCH""; ""TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND PUBLIC POLICY""; ""IMPACT OF THE BUILDING REGULATORY PROCESS"" |
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""Government's current role in fostering new technology""""references""; ""3 new technology and innovation in the u.s. building-related industries""; ""background""; ""lack of data""; ""attitudes toward new building technologies""; ""entry points for building innovation""; ""status of building research""; ""deterrents to transfer of new technology""; ""limited opportunities for innovation""; ""place of universities and other educational institutions""; ""references""; ""4 what should the role of the federal agencies be in fostering new building technology? ""; ""institutional perspective"" |
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""Alternative roles for government""""evaluation of strategy options""; ""references""; ""5 implementing an effective role ""; ""responsibilities for taking action""; ""institutional focus needed""; ""actions by facilities agencies""; ""enabling environment""; ""technology transfer""; ""innovation and the future""; ""appendix a biographical sketches of committee members and staff ""; ""staff""; ""appendix b processes of technological innovation""; ""describing innovation as a process""; ""need is the starting point""; ""diffusion of new technology into use""; ""role of research"" |
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""Energy management in buildings""""structures and their construction""; ""interiors""; ""references""; ""appendix f tort law, deterrence and innovation: too much or too little? ""; ""brief history of tort law""; ""purpose of the tort system""; ""deterrence: too much or too little""; ""impact of the tort system""; ""tort system transaction costs""; ""government contractor defense""; ""appendix g points of entry for building innovation "" |
| Bibliography |
""References""""appendix c review of specific agencies' stance toward building innovation""; ""naval facilities engineering command""; ""u.s. army corps of engineers""; ""department of energy""; ""department of state""; ""u.s. postal service""; ""national institute of standards and technology""; ""state of maryland""; ""montgomery county, maryland""; ""appendix d federal laws and regulations related to technological innovation in building ""; ""appendix e new building technology and innovation: a selective review ""; ""computer-aided design and construction"" |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Construction industry -- Government policy -- United States
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Construction industry -- Technological innovations -- United States -- Finance
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Construction industry -- Government policy
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Construction industry -- Technological innovations -- Finance
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lemer, Andrew C
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Dibner, David R
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| ISBN |
9780309572903 |
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0309572908 |
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