Germany's path towards nearly zero-energy buildings-Enabling the greenhouse gas mitigation potential in the building stock

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3346-3360

  Schimschar, Sven ^a   Blok, Kornelis ^b   Boermans, Thomas ^a   Hermelink, Andreas ^c  

^a Ecofys Germany GmbH   (Germany)

^b ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c Ecofys Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building stock; Emission reduction; Energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STOCKS; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY DEMANDS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXISTING BUILDING; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; POLICY SCENARIO; PRIMARY ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND; SUPPORT POLICY; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEATING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY STRATEGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 79955919824     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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