Overcoming the upfront investment barrier - Comparing the German CO 2 building rehabilitation programme and the British green deal

Energy and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 83-103

  Rosenow, Jan ^a   Eyre, Nick ^a   Bürger, Veit ^b   Rohde, Clemens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Oeko Institut eV Institute for Applied Ecology   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

building refurbishment; energy efficiency finance; policy instruments; soft loans

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING REFURBISHMENTS; BUILDING REHABILITATIONS; CARBON REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; SOFT LOANS;

INVESTMENTS;

BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FINANCE; REFURBISHMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84878001324     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.24.1-2.83     Document Type: Article

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