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Improving policy instruments to better tap into homeowner refurbishment potential: Lessons learned from a case study in Germany
Weiss, Julika; Dunkelberg, Elisa; Vogelpohl, Thomas - In: Energy Policy 44 (2012) C, pp. 406-415
the most important measures for motivating homeowners to pursue energy-efficient retrofitting—to date, however, with … increase refurbishment rates and tap these potential savings; it presents the results of an analysis of existing policy … instruments in Germany focussing on the most promising types of building and refurbishment measures that also takes into account …
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Small might be beautiful, but bigger performs better : scale economies in "green" refurbishments of apartment housing
Michelsen, Claus; Rosenschon, Sebastian; Schulz, Christian - In: Energy economics 50 (2015), pp. 240-250
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A methodology for evaluating energy efficient office refurbishments as life cycle investments
Hertzsch, Eckhart; Heywood, Christopher; Piechowski, Mirek - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 6 (2012) 2, pp. 189-212
‐investment in component renewal and efficiency gains from the refurbishment. Furthermore, relatively small changes in income can …
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Could refurbishment of “traditional” buildings reduce carbon emissions?
Atkins, Richard; Emmanuel, Rohinton - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 4 (2014) 3, pp. 221-237
improving energy and carbon emission performance of traditional buildings is explored. Findings – Refurbishment of the type …
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Reaping the carbon rent : abatement and overallocation profits in the European cement industry, insights from an LMDI decomposition analysis
Branger, Frédéric; Quirion, Philippe - In: Energy economics 47 (2015), pp. 189-205
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Do environmental benefits matter? A choice experiment among house owners in Germany
Achtnicht, Martin - 2010
Residential buildings strongly contribute to global CO2 emissions due to the high energy demand for electricity and heating, particularly in industrialised countries. Within the EU, decentralised heat generation is of particular relevance for future climate policy, as its emissions are not...
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What drives WTP for energy efficiency when moving? Evidence from a Germany-wide household survey
Kesternich, Martin - 2010
The political discussion on energy efficiency is focusing more and more on the building sector due to its susceptibility to potential market failures like the negative external pollution effects of CO2 emission. Using a discrete choice approach, this paper aims at deriving factors which increase...
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Total Factor Energy Efficiency of Yangtze River Delta Region in China
Sun, Jiuwen; Li, Shanshan - 2014
Energy is always the important material for economic growth and social development. A new index of energy efficiency called total factor energy efficiency (TFEE) consists of energy, capital, labor and other input that produce GDP as output. TFEE index is accounted by DEA through multiple...
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Energiemanagement und Ökosteuer: Anforderungen und monetäre Bedeutung am Beispiel der deutschen Sägeindustrie
Mertens, Oliver; Diederichs, Stefan; Meyer, Melanie - 2014
Für Unternehmen des produzierenden Gewerbes sind die Energiepreise bzw. deren Steigerung ein wesentlicher Grund, sich mit Effizienzsteigerungen auseinanderzusetzen. Naturgemäß können Kosteneinsparungen durch eine direkte Verminderung des Verbrauches erzielt werden. Daneben können...
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Mobile Apps Making a Socio-Economic Impact for Managing Power at Underprivileged Homes
Jhunjhunwala, Ashok; Kaur, Prabhjot; Ramachandran, Anusha; … - 2016
The paper presents how connectivity feature integrated into a roof-top solar power system, Inverterless500, designed and developed to electrify off-grid and near off-grid homes in an energy efficient manner, is critical in optimum service delivery, especially for lower income homes. It makes...
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