The price of energy efficiency in the Spanish housing market

Energy Policy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-24

  De Ayala, Amaia ^a   Galarraga, Ibon ^a,b   Spadaro, Joseph V ^a  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy; Energy performance certification; Hedonic pricing; Housing; Spain

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOUSING; SURVEYS;

ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENT DWELLINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS DIRECTIVE (EPBD); HEDONIC PRICING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; SPAIN;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CERTIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84961938243     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.032     Document Type: Article

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