Extra cost analyses of two apartment buildings for achieving nearly zero and low energy buildings

Energy

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 623-633

  Pikas, Ergo ^a,b   Thalfeldt, Martin ^b   Kurnitski, Jarek ^a,b   Liias, Roode ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cost optimality; Energy efficiency measures; Low energy building; Min. requirements; Net present value; NZEB

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; ROOFS;

COST-OPTIMALITY; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS; NET PRESENT VALUE; NZEB;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; INVESTMENT;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84928435093     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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