Business models for full service energy renovation of single-family houses in Nordic countries

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1558-1565

  Mahapatra, Krushna ^a   Gustavsson, Leif ^a   Haavik, Trond ^b   Aabrekk, Synnøve ^b   Svendsen, Svend ^c   Vanhoutteghem, Lies ^c   Paiho, Satu ^d   Ala Juusela, Mia ^d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Segel As   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Building; Business model; Energy efficiency; Renovation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUSINESS MODELING; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENERGY-EFFICIENT RENOVATIONS; PRIMARY ENERGY SAVINGS; RENOVATION; RENOVATION MARKETS; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE;

HOUSES;

BUSINESS SERVICE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; REFURBISHMENT;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84884203064     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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