Economic efficiency of social housing thermal upgrade in Mediterranean climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 354-360

  Desogus, Giuseppe ^a   Di Pilla, Lorenza ^a   Mura, Salvatore ^a   Pisano, Gian Luca ^a   Ricciu, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building retrofit; Economic analysis; Energy saving

Indexed keywords

BUILDING STOCKS; CRITICAL ISSUES; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC RETURNS; ENERGY RETROFIT; GOOD PRACTICES; LOW GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NATIONAL LEGISLATION; PAYBACK TIME; SOCIAL HOUSING; STONE MASONRY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL REQUIREMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; MIXED CONVECTION;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84872073002     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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