Innovating to zero the building sector in Europe: Minimising the energy consumption, eradication of the energy poverty and mitigating the local climate change

Solar Energy

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-94

  Santamouris, Mat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy poverty; Local climate change and urban heat island; Low income households; Mitigation and adaptation; Near zero energy buildings

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; INVESTMENTS; MAPS;

ENERGY POVERTIES; LOW INCOMES; MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; LOW INCOME HOUSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; MITIGATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84960795571     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.01.021     Document Type: Article

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