Economic evaluation of investment in electricity conservation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3517-3530

  Becker, Nir ^a   Fishman, Yaron ^b   Lavee, Doron ^a  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b Public Utility Authority Electricity   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conservation programs; Cost benefit analysis; Input output analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; INVESTMENTS; SOIL CONDITIONERS; WASHERS; WASHING; WASHING MACHINES;

AIR CONDITIONERS; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC LEVELS; ECONOMIC STUDIES; ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICITY CONSERVATIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICIES; EXTERNAL BENEFITS; HOUSEHOLD SECTORS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 54049120126     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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