Decision making under uncertainty in the retrofit analysis of the UK housing stock: Implications for the Green Deal

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-308

  Booth, A T ^a   Choudhary, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Decision making; Green Deal; Housing stock; Rebound effect; Residential energy; Retrofit analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; GREEN DEAL; HOUSING STOCK; REBOUND EFFECT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RETROFIT ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOUSING; RETROFITTING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878835032     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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