EPC green premium in two different European climate zones: A comparative study between Barcelona and Turin

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2019, Pages

  Dell'Anna, Federico ^a   Bravi, Marina ^a   Marmolejo Duarte, Carlos ^b   Bottero, Marta Carla ^a   Chen, Ai ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate zones; Energy performance certificate; Green label; Hedonic prices method; Spatial autoregressive model; Spatial econometric models; Spatial error model

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOCORRELATION; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; POOL; PRICE DETERMINATION; SWIMMING;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SPAIN; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 85073788817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su11205605     Document Type: Article

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