Making the 'rebound effect' more useful for performance evaluation of thermal retrofits of existing homes: Defining the 'energy savings deficit' and the 'energy performance gap'

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 515-524

  Galvin, Ray ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy performance gap; Energy savings deficit; Prebound effect; Rebound effect; Thermal retrofits

Indexed keywords

RETROFITTING;

CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; PREBOUND EFFECT; REBOUND EFFECT; THERMAL RETROFITS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84889680211     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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