Economic evaluation of energy saving measures in a common type of Greek building

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2550-2559

  Nikolaidis, Yiannis ^a   Pilavachi, Petros A ^b   Chletsis, Alexandros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Detached house; Economic evaluation; Energy saving measures; Greece; Ranking of measures

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEATING; LIGHTING; THERMAL INSULATION;

DETACHED HOUSE; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; GREECE; RANKING OF MEASURES;

INVESTMENTS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROFITABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68949189548     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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