Decomposing final energy use for heating in the residential sector in Austria

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 607-616

  Holzmann, Angela ^a   Adensam, Heidelinde ^b   Kratena, Kurt ^c   Schmid, Erwin ^d  

^a Austrian Energy Agency   (Austria)

^b University of Economy   (Austria)

^c AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Index decomposition analysis; Residential heating demand

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; INDEX DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LOGARITHMIC MEAN; PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS; RESIDENTIAL HEATING; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT;

DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING;

HEATING;

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; HEATING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84884979922     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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