Comparing European residential building stocks: Performance, renovation and policy opportunities

Building Research and Information

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 533-551

  Meijer, Frits ^a   Itard, Laure ^a   Sunikka Blank, Minna ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building quality; Building stock; Energy performance; Energy policy; Energy savings; Housing policy; Renovation; Sustainability; Thermal quality

Indexed keywords

BUILDING QUALITY; BUILDING STOCK; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SAVINGS; HOUSING POLICY; RENOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMAL QUALITY;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 70349635968     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210903189376     Document Type: Article

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