Building vintage and electricity use: Old homes use less electricity in hot weather

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 906-930

  Chong, Howard ^a  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Building standards; California; Climate change impacts; Demand forecast; Electricity; Load factor; Rosenfeld effect; Temperature response; Vintage differentiated regulation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862314153     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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