Economic analysis of the profitability of energy-saving architectural measures for the achievement of the EPB-standard

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2965-2971

  Audenaert, A ^a,b   De Boeck, L ^c,d   Roelants, K ^e  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Modeling and Simulation   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Campus De Nayer   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Building; Energy; Internal rate of return; Net present value; Payback period

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FLOORS; PROFITABILITY; ROOFS; SPREADSHEETS;

ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SAVING; FLANDERS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; K-VALUE; KEY FACTORS; MAXIMUM VALUES; NET PRESENT VALUE; PAYBACK PERIODS;

INVESTMENTS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; INSULATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77956874813     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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