New Visions for Public Affairs Volume 3
Articles
- Shanghai’s Commercial Building Energy Governance / Author: YiHsiu Michelle Kung, PhD ’11
Abstract
Energy use and CO2 emissions by Shanghai’s commercial sector is expected to become a key challenge, compared with other major global cities in East Asia. This paper attempts to explore and assess commercial building energy governance in Shanghai. In order to do so, it will examine the applicable policy and the regulation system, while considering those factors that facilitate or constrain the application of best practices at the global-city scale. A multi-scale governing analytical framework is employed to investigate different policy actors, stakeholder participation, and intergovernmental relationships that shape commercial building energy governance in Shanghai. The policy recommendations offered at the close of this paper include tightening building energy policies and regulations, providing more market-driven incentives, strengthening building energy audit and supervision, encouraging comprehensive and integrated urban planning, and continuing public education efforts for green mind-set transformations
- The Challenge of Reforming American Public Education: What We Have Learned in the Last 50 Years – From Equality of Educational Opportunity to Teacher Accountability / Author: Jeffrey A. Raffel, Charles P. Messick Professor of Public Administration
