The value of domestic building energy efficiency - evidence from Ireland

Energy Economics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 943-952

  Hyland, Marie ^a,d   Lyons, Ronan C ^b,c,d   Lyons, Seán ^a,d  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Domestic building energy ratings; Hedonic valuation; Ireland

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC BUILDINGS; EFFICIENCY RATING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; IRELAND; MARKET CONDITION; PROPERTY MARKET; REPUBLIC OF IRELAND; SELECTION TECHNIQUES;

COMMERCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN UNION; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84888198295     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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