Success factors of energy performance contracting (EPC) for sustainable building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) of hotel buildings in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 7389-7398

  Xu, Pengpeng ^a   Chan, Edwin Hon Wan ^a   Qian, Queena Kun ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency retrofit; Critical success factor (CSF); Energy performance contracting (EPC)

Indexed keywords

BEER; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; HOTELS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; PLANNING; RETROFITTING; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY RETROFITS; CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING; EXISTING HOTEL BUILDINGS; FACTOR ANALYSIS METHOD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 80054866582     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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