Grants versus financing for domestic retrofits: A case study from efficiency maine

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2827-2839

  Gillich, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic retrofit; Energy efficiency; Financing; Market transformation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; TRANSFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882800933     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5062827     Document Type: Article

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