Sustainable renovation of residential buildings and the landlord/tenant dilemma

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 355-362

  Ástmarsson, Björn ^a   Jensen, Per Anker ^a   Maslesa, Esmir ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Landlord tenant dilemma; Residential buildings; Sustainable renovation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LABELING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; LANDLORD/TENANT DILEMMA; LEGISLATIVE CHANGES; REGULATORY CHANGE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SUSTAINABLE RENOVATION;

LABELS; TOOLS;

BUILDINGS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LANDOWNER; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

DENMARK;

EID: 84887191693     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.046     Document Type: Article

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