Defining nearly zero-energy housing in Belgium and the Netherlands

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 411-431

  Mlecnik, Erwin ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Passiefhuis Platform vzw ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy efficiency; Passive house; Policy instruments; Zero energy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION TRAJECTORIES; BELGIUM; COMPLEX PROCESSES; HOUSING SECTORS; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; LEGAL DEFINITION; LOW ENERGIES; NETHERLANDS; PASSIVE HOUSE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY INITIATIVES; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH METHODS; ZERO CARBONS; ZERO ENERGY;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; MARKETING; RESEARCH;

HOUSES;

BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSING; INNOVATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY;

BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84864123583     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-011-9138-2     Document Type: Article

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