The costs and benefits of white certificates schemes

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-199

  Giraudet, Louis Gaëtan ^a,b   Bodineau, Luc ^c   Finon, Dominique ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^c Agence de l Environnement et de la Maitrise de l Energie ADEME   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Effectiveness; Energy efficiency; Social efficiency; White certificate schemes

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; EFFECTIVENESS; END-USES; ENERGY COMPANIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY PRICES; ENERGY SUPPLIERS; FLEXIBILITY MECHANISMS; GREAT BRITAIN; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; REDUCED ENERGY; RETAIL PRICE; SOCIAL EFFICIENCY; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK; WHITE CERTIFICATE SCHEMES; WHITE CERTIFICATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; TRANSPARENCY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE;

FRANCE; ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858282559     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-011-9134-6     Document Type: Article

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