How the change works
- 01 / Public decision
Obligations and measurement
- 02 / Physical change
Interventions in buildings
- 03 / Possible outcome
Evaluated results and additionality
Obligations on building emissions may make consumption and responsibility visible, but they must be evaluated against what would have happened anyway.
Research and local documents ↓What the evidence tells us
The Tokyo program features public reports and independent studies. The assessments distinguish the overall drop in emissions from the additional contribution attributable to the scheme.
Putting the choices into practice
Data
The challengeTotal emissions only
The responseAlso energy and activity
Comparison
The challengeAny drop attributed to the norm
The responseScenario without the policy scheme
Oversight
The challengeIsolated self-declaration
The responseVerification and publication
The diagram compares choices and conditions for putting them into practice. Measured outcomes and their limits are discussed in the evidence.
Research and local documents ↓Conditions and limits
Electrical mix, activities and other interventions influence the total. The studies don't all give the same estimate of the additional effect.
Other possible benefits
Better managed buildings and greater performance transparency.
Research and local documents
- Local document and reported findingArimura and Abe, 2020 · The impact of the Tokyo emissions trading scheme on office buildings ↗
Research on the case, mechanism, or measures discussed in the sheet.
- Local document and reported findingAbe and Arimura, 2022 · Causal effects of the Tokyo emissions trading scheme on energy consumption ↗
Research on the case, mechanism, or measures discussed in the sheet.
- Local project or policy documentTokyo Metropolitan Government · Emissions Trading Scheme ↗
Institutional documentation of the program, territory or rules mentioned.
