Evaluating how much heat is lost through external walls is a key requirement for building energy simulators and is necessary for quality assurance and successful decision making in policy making and building design, construction and refurbishment.
Apart from these insights the focus group research reveals that interventions should also focus on communication, rational policy making and the building of networks between different 'actors' to impact on an actual implementation of EBM in practice.
Computer-based modelling and simulations of complex and dynamic systems can be applied for prediction, forecast, policy making, social learning, theory building, system understanding and experimentation [96].
Good energy data are the cornerstone to understanding building energy performance and supporting research, design, operation, and policy making for low energy buildings.
There were clear successes in building capacity for policy making and strategic planning within the Ministry of Health in Kazakhstan, including better planned, more timely and in-depth responses to policy assignments.
Understanding this connection is critical for building the evidence base for policy making, guiding strategies to manage HIV infection and unsafe abortion, and recognizing disparities in access to and delivery of post-abortion care by women with HIV.
"While I've been involved in policy making for 20 years -- grass-roots organizing and coalition building -- I have no desire to spend huge amounts of time and energy raising huge amounts of money," Mr. Pollina said.
These findings provide useful inputs for the future building energy efficient retrofitting practices as well as policy making process.
Integration Ensure that disaster research programs, policies, and applications are integrated across disciplines, and contribute to enhancing policy-making and capacity building for effective DRR and sustainability.
