Energy efficiency and the policy mix

Building Research and Information

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 562-574

  Rosenow, Jan ^a,b   Fawcett, Tina ^b   Eyre, Nick ^b   Oikonomou, Vlasis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Joint Implementation Network   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

buildings; energy efficiency; European Union; policy mix; public policy; regulations

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; EUROPEAN UNION; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; GENERIC FRAMEWORKS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; REGULATIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84958534036     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2016.1138803     Document Type: Article

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