Evaluating public policy mechanisms for climate change mitigation in Brazilian buildings sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1200-1211

  de Melo, Conrado Augustus ^a   Jannuzzi, Gilberto de Martino ^a   Ferreira Tripodi, Aline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Policy mechanisms; Renewable energy sources

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST CURVES; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY MECHANISMS; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TUBULAR FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

BUILDING CODES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABATEMENT COST; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84881661533     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.056     Document Type: Article

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