Designing building energy efficiency programs for greenhouse gas reductions

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5269-5279

  Blackhurst, Michael ^a   Lima Azevedo, Inĉs ^b   Scott Matthews, H ^b   Hendrickson, Chris T ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Energy efficiency; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DECISION MAKERS; END-USES; GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION; OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY; PER CAPITA; PITTSBURGH; POLICY OBJECTIVES; PRESENT VALUE; PROGRAM DESIGN;

COST REDUCTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; CAPITAL FORMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURAL GAS; OPTIMIZATION; SAVINGS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960726772     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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