Economic analysis of passive houses and low-energy houses compared with standard houses

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-55

  Audenaert, A ^a   De Cleyn, S H ^b   Vankerckhove, B ^b  

^a Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Low energy house; Passive house

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSES; INVESTMENTS;

LOW-ENERGY HOUSE; PASSIVE HOUSE;

SPACE HEATING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY;

EID: 36549033208     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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