Financial viability of energy-efficiency measures in a new detached house design in Finland

Applied Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-83

  Saari, Arto ^a   Kalamees, Targo ^a,b   Jokisalo, Juha ^a   Michelsson, Rasmus ^a   Alanne, Kari ^a   Kurnitski, Jarek ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c Finnish Innovative Fund   (Finland)

Author keywords

Building simulations; Detached house; Energy efficiency; Financial viability; New construction

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOORS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEATING; HOUSES; INVESTMENTS; PUMPS; THERMAL INSULATION; WASTE HEAT;

AIRTIGHTNESS; ANNUAL CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; DESIGN CONCEPT; DETACHED HOUSE; ENERGY NEEDS; ENERGY-SAVING DESIGN; FINANCIAL VIABILITY; FINLAND; FLOOR HEATING; GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; HEATING MODE; HOUSE DESIGN; LOW ENERGIES; PAYBACK PERIODS; REAL INTEREST; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; THICK THERMAL INSULATION;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEATING; INSULATION; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

FINLAND;

EID: 82155186761     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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