Does the energy label (EL) matter in the residential market? A stated preference analysis in Barcelona

Buildings

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Marmolejo Duarte, Carlos ^a   Bravi, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buildings' energy performance; Choice experiments; Energy Label (EL); Energy Performance Certifications (EPC); Housing policies; Random Parameters Logit (RPL); Unlabelled choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020898150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20755309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/buildings7020053     Document Type: Article

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