Zero-interest green loan programs (ZIGL) are gaining traction to address the tremendous financing needs implied by net-zero emission targets. We provide the first evaluation of such a program, the \emph{Éco-Prêt à Taux Zéro}, introduced in France in 2009 to encourage home energy retrofits....

Tradable White Certificates (TWC) schemes, also labelled Energy-Efficiency Certificatesschemes, were recently implemented in Great Britain, Italy and France. Energy suppliers have to fund a given quantity of energy efficiency measures, or to buy so-called?white certificates? from other suppliers...

White certificates schemes mandate competing energy companies to promote energy efficiency with flexibility mechanisms, including the trading of energy savings. So far, stylized facts are lacking and outcomes are mainly country-specific. By comparing results of British, Italian and French...

Although the building sector is recognized as having major potential for energy conservation and carbon dioxide emission mitigation, conventional bottom–up and top–down models are limited in their ability to capture the complex economic and technological dynamics of the sector. This paper...

Tradable White Certificates (TWC) schemes, also labelled Energy-Efficiency Certificates schemes, were recently implemented in Great Britain, Italy and France. Energy suppliers have to fund a given quantity of energy efficiency measures, or to buy so-called "white certificates" from other...