Financial Investments for Zero Energy Houses: The Case of Near-Zero Energy Buildings

Global Sustainable Communities Handbook: Green Design Technologies and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 216-253

  Lepkova, Natalija ^a   Zubka, Domantas ^a   Jensen, Rasmus Lund ^b  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Internal rate of return; Lithuania; Near zero energy building; Net present value; Renewable energy; Renovation; Return of investment; Simple payback time

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; EARNINGS; FINANCE; HOUSES;

INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; LITHUANIA; NET PRESENT VALUE; PAYBACK TIME; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENOVATION; RETURN OF INVESTMENTS; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84942093223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397914-8.00010-2     Document Type: Chapter

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