Valuing improvements in comfort from domestic energy-efficiency retrofits using a trade-off simulation model

Energy Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 565-583

  Clinch, J Peter ^a   Healy, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computer simulation modelling; Domestic energy efficiency; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; RETROFITTING;

THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MODELING;

EID: 0141560278     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(03)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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