Problem areas related to energy efficiency implementation in Swedish multifamily buildings

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 109-127

  Vogel, Jonas Anund ^a   Lundqvist, Per ^a   Blomkvist, Pär ^a   Arias, Jaime ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barriers; Buildings; Energy efficiency; Interview study; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY RESOURCES;

BARRIERS; BUILDING SECTORS; COST CALCULATION; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; INTERVIEW STUDY; LITERATURE SURVEY; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SWEDEN;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84955682049     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-015-9352-4     Document Type: Article

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