Exploring transaction costs in passive house-oriented retrofitting

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-76

  Kiss, Bernadett ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Learning; Passive house; Retrofit; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RETROFITTING;

DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY-EFFICIENT RENOVATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION PHASIS; LEARNING; PASSIVE HOUSE; RETROFIT; TRANSACTION COST;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945564281     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.035     Document Type: Article

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