Energy and behavioral impacts of integrative retrofits for residential buildings: What is at stake for building energy policy reforms in northern China?

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 667-676

  Xu, Peng ^a   Xu, Tengfang ^b   Shen, Pengyuan ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrative retrofits; Policy reform; Residential building energy

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING ENERGY STANDARDS; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; HEATING ENERGY; INTEGRATIVE RETROFITS; NORTHERN CHINA; POLICY REFORMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; RETROFITTING;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; POLICY REFORM;

CHINA;

EID: 84870692186     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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