Evaluating policy instruments to foster energy efficiency for the sustainable transformation of buildings

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-176

  Boza Kiss, Benigna ^a   Moles Grueso, Sergi ^a   Urge Vorsatz, Diana ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY STRATEGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84879414044     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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