Economic analysis of upgrading aging residential buildings in China based on dynamic energy consumption and energy price in a market economy

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4902-4910

  Ouyang, Jinlong ^a   Lu, Meijun ^b   Li, Bing ^a   Wang, Chunyuan ^a   Hokao, Kazunori ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North China College of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power   (China)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Building energy retrofit; Economic benefit; Standard LCC

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS; BUILDING ENERGY; CURRENT SITUATION; ECONOMIC BENEFIT; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ENERGY PRICES; ENERGY RETROFIT; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; FINANCIAL PROBLEMS; INFLATION RATES; INTEREST RATES; INVESTMENT COSTS; MARKET ECONOMIES; ON DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RETROFITTING;

INVESTMENTS;

BUILDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 79960746221     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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