Of comfort and cost: Examining indoor comfort conditions and guests’ valuations in Italian hotel rooms

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-111

  Buso, Tiziana ^a   Dell'Anna, Federico ^a   Becchio, Cristina ^a   Bottero, Marta C ^a   Corgnati, Stefano P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comfort co benefit; Contingent Valuation Method (CVM); Dynamic energy simulation; Hotel

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011589867     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.01.006     Document Type: Article

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