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This report shows how land use, transit service, nearby shopping, pedestrian amenities, autos and annual auto mileage vary widely across four typical existing communities. These cold statistics are supplemented by photos to convey a sense of what typical neighborhoods look like and how acceptable consumers find them. The variation in land coverage by concrete/asphalt and the water consumption across neighborhoods is shown to introduce a web-based calculator for all the above variables. The Location Efficient Mortgage research and its results are also described. Policy recommendations are presented.

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Panels of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Utility Regulation and Deregulation: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Panel 6. Market Transformation: Designing for Lasting Change

Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Panel 8. Energy and Environmental Policy: Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency

Panel 9. Efficient Buildings in Efficient Communities

Panel 10. Roundtables: Thinking Outside the Box

Panel 11. Appliances and Equipment