Evaluation of economically optimal retrofit investment options for energy savings in buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 327-334

  Kumbaroglu, Gürkan ^a   Madlener, Reinhard ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building energy efficiency; Energy conservation; Net present value; Real options

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ENERGY PRICES; ENERGY RETROFIT; EVALUATION METHOD; GERMANY; HIGH PRICE; IN-BUILDINGS; INVESTMENT APPRAISAL; INVESTMENT OPTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPTIMAL SETS; REAL OPTIONS; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RETROFITTING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84861819592     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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