Energy retrofit to nearly zero and socio-oriented urban environments in the Mediterranean climate

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-253

  Ferrante, Annarita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost effective analysis; Nearly zero energy; Socio oriented strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904384326     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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