Building renovation is one of the key factors in fostering energy efficiency in the building sector. However with regard to the long-term policy goals such as the Kyoto-Protocol and the IPCC recommendations the past and current rates of such renovations have been too low in most European...

This paper uses a choice experiment to evaluate the consumers’ willingness to pay for energysaving measures in residential buildings. These measures include air renewal systems as well as thermal insulation of windows and facades. In addition to considerable savings in energy consumption,...

Deutsch Nichtenergetische Zusatznutzen wie Wohnkomfortverbesserungen, weniger Aussenlärm und bessere Raumluftqualität, spielen bei Energieeffizienzinvestitionen eine wichtige Rolle, werden aber noch zuwenig bei Investitionsentscheidungen beachtet. Die präsentierte Studie identifiziert und...

The municipal utilities of Basel (IWB) are in the process of building a 30 MW wood-fired CHP plant in the city of Basel, a project idea that was initially propelled by visionaries from the forest sector. The plant is attractive both politically and from a business perspective, as several goals...

This paper reports on an empirical investigation about the economic and CO2 mitigation impacts of bioenergy promotion in the Austrian federal province of Vorarlberg. We study domestic value added, employment and fiscal effects by means of a static input-output analysis. The bioenergy systems...

This paper compares multi-criteria decision aiding (MCDA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) approaches for assessing renewable energy plants, in order to determine their performance in terms of economic, environmental, and social criteria and indicators. The case is for a dataset of 41...