Energy retrofits of Danish homes: Is the Energy Performance Certificate useful?

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 489-500

  Christensen, Toke Haunstrup ^a   Gram Hanssen, Kirsten ^a   De Best Waldhober, Marjolein ^b   Adjei, Afi ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Energy efficiency; Energy Performance Certificate (EPC); Homeowners; Housing; Policy measures; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING;

ENERGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HOMEOWNERS; POLICY MEASURES; RETROFIT;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84901239910     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.908265     Document Type: Article

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