Energy efficiency opportunities in the residential sector and their feasibility

Energy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Wada, Kenichi ^a   Akimoto, Keigo ^a   Sano, Fuminori ^a   Oda, Junichiro ^a   Homma, Takashi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS;

COMMERCIAL SECTOR; DISCOUNT RATES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; PAYBACK PERIODS; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

JAPAN;

EID: 84869874730     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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