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Executive Summary
Pages 1-6

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... Cutting costs, reducing adverse environmental impacts and energy consumption, and promoting health and safety in the home could benefit all of society. PATH has created a cooperative environment for bringing together industry, government, and consumer stakeholders to achieve common goals and to coordinate public and private funding for research and development to leverage limited resources.
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... The committee evaluated the precedents and need for PATH as a federal program, the validity and appropriateness of the program goals, the soundness of the management approach described in strategic and operating plans, and, based on the information provided and personal knowledge and experience, made an initial evaluation of several PATH initiatives. This report is a subjective evaluation of the PATH goals and the overall direction of the program.
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... The lack of adequate baselines will also make measuring performance for either aspect of this goal difficult; baseline data will have to be compiled before meaningful evaluations can be made. Overall, the committee believes that the PATH goals are laudable targets for improving the affordability, quality, and livability of American housing.
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... However, the building codes and standards community seems to be underrepresented, despite the fact that building codes and standards are considered} one of the main barriers to the adoption of new technologies. The committee believes that the apparent lack of involvement of state and local building officials could jeopardize the success of the program.
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... Although these demonstration projects have shown the economic viability of selected technologies, there is no evidence that they have influenced decisions in other projects or led to any long-term gains toward meeting the PATH goals. The committee believes that technolo~v roadmannin~ is a good anoroach to identifying needs and influencing changes in the housing industry, but PATH's roadmapping process will have to be refined and expanded.
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... PATH should develop standard evaluation procedures, including the benchmarking of technologies that have been successfully integrated into the housing industry, to increase the usefulness of the Technology inventory. The effectiveness of the ToolBase program in transferring information to home builders and other audiences should be evaluated.
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