Energy efficiency choices and residential sector: Observable behaviors and valuation models

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 167-179

  Bottero, Marta ^a   Bravi, Marina ^a   Dell’Anna, Federico ^a   Marmolejo Duarte, Carlos ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Individual behavior; Revealed preference; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS;

COMPARING EXPERIMENTS; DEMAND ELASTICITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; REVEALED PREFERENCE; STATED PREFERENCES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85070544119     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23786-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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