Role of Public Agencies in Fostering New Technology and Innovation in Building

摘要

The report, one of a series of products of Building Research Board's strategicprogram in Management of Building Technology, explores innovation in the U.S. construction-related industries (i.e., design services, construction, building materials and products manufacture, and facilities operations and maintenance) and recommends strategy for fostering new technology. These industries account for about ten percent of the U.S. economy, and federal agencies themselves spend some $15 billion annually on construction. A government strategy based on (1) federal agencies encouraging applications of new technology for their own projects, (2) activities to enhance the pursuit and effective transfer of new technology to the U.S. private sector, and (3) increased support for targeted efforts to develop new technologies in specific areas, perhaps through existing