Energy retrofit of residential building envelopes in Israel: A cost-benefit analysis

Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-193

  Friedman, Chanoch ^a   Becker, Nir ^b   Erell, Evyatar ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Energy conservation; Environmental benefits; Externalities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; INVESTMENTS; RETROFITTING; ROOFS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMAL INSULATION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; ELECTRICITY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXTERNALITIES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; STRINGENT STANDARDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84909999245     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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