In response to HUD's request, the NRC assembled a panel of experts, the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. Over an initial term of three years, the committee was asked to review and comment on the following aspects of the PATH program: overall goals; proposed approach to meeting the goals and the likelihood of achieving them; and measurements of progress toward achieving the goals.
- THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN HOUSING
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- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Acronyms
- Executive Summary
- SCOPE OF THE REVIEW
- PATH PROGRAM AND GOALS
- ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
- IMPLEMENTATION OF PATH PROGRAMS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- 1 Introduction
- SCOPE OF THE REVIEW
- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
- REFERENCES
- 2 Need for the Partnership for Advancing Technology In Housing
- FEDERAL HOUSING POLICY
- GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN PRIVATE MARKETS
- Public Goods
- Externalities
- Information Asymmetries
- STRENGTHENING THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
- Coordinating Technology Research and Development
- Government and Private Research and Development
- Barriers to Technology Research and Development and Technology Diffusion
- Role of Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 3 Program Goals and Objectives
- BACKGROUND
- REVIEW OF PATH GOALS
- Reduced Monthly Cost
- Environment and Energy
- Durability
- Natural Hazards and Worker Safety
- Natural Hazards
- Worker Safety
- CONCLUSIONS
- Programmatic Barriers to Achieving PATH Goals
- Revised Goals
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- REFERENCES
- 4 Organization and Management
- PATH PROGRAM STRUCTURE
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL PARTNERS AND INDUSTRY
- PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES
- Participation by the Codes and Standards Community
- Leadership
- Quantity versus Quality
- Taking Risk
- RECOMMENDATION
- REFERENCES
- 5 Program Implementation
- FORCES AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- Market Forces
- Technical Forces
- Durability
- Regulatory Barriers
- Local Agencies
- Federal and State Agencies
- PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF PATH IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
- Technology Needs Assessment
- Technology Development
- Technology Adoption
- Resource Coordination
- Funding for Research and Development
- Cooperative Research
- National Science Foundation
- Demonstration Projects
- Roadmapping
- Technology Inventory
- ToolBase
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- REFERENCES
- Appendixes
- A Biographies of Committee Members
- B Presentations to the Committee
- Presentations May 23–24, 2000
- Presentations August 29–30, 2000
- C Historical Case Studies of Technology Diffusion
- VINYL SIDING
- Issues related to PATH goals: affordability and durability.
- ORIENTED-STRAND BOARD
- Issues related to PATH goals: affordability, environmental protection, disaster resistance, and dura ...
- History
- Technical Merits
- Regional Bias
- ENGINEERED WOODEN I-JOISTS
- Issues related to PATH goals: affordability, environmental protection, disaster resistance, and durability
- Market Profile
- Performance
- Standardization
- COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS
- Issues Related to PATH: affordability, durability, life-cycle cost, and energy efficiency
- Performance
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