Green performs better: Energy efficiency and financial return on buildings

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-72

  Cajias, Marcelo ^a   Piazolo, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Investment Property Databank GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy performance certificates; Germany; Housing; Portfolio estimation; Quantile regression; Residential property; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902459150     PISSN: 1463001X     EISSN: 14791048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JCRE-12-2012-0031     Document Type: Article

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