The anatomy of investing in energy efficient buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 905-914

  Verbruggen, Aviel ^a   Marchohi, Mohamed Al ^a   Janssens, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Artesis College of Architectural Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy performance endowment; EU buildings directive; Irrevocability; Net present value; Passive housing; Preclusion; Real options

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EU BUILDINGS DIRECTIVE; IRREVOCABILITY; NET PRESENT VALUE; PASSIVE HOUSING; PRECLUSION; REAL OPTIONS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79951517704     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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