The Role of Environmental Concern and Comfort Expectations in Energy Retrofit Decisions

Ecological Economics

Volumn 141, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-65

  Galassi, Veronica ^a   Madlener, Reinhard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Mixed logit; Rebound; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONTROL SYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ESTHETICS; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NOISE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; THERMAL POWER;

GERMANY;

EID: 85019981400     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.021     Document Type: Article

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