Sustainable Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings

Rolf Wüstenhagen

ISBN 10: 3790829463 / ISBN 13: 9783790829464

Published by Physica, 2014

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - As the residential buildings sector accounts for around 30 percent of the final energy demand in Germany, this sector is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention with regard to climate change. In this book, decisions on energy consumption by private households are examined. The analyses are based on several empirical methods. The results show that the road to more sustainable energy consumption in residential buildings is not hampered by a lack of will on behalf of the consumers. However one should be realistic that there are many instances where improving thermal institution involves additional economic costs for individual households.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainable Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings
• Publisher: Physica
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3790829463
• ISBN 13: 9783790829464
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 16D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 423 grams

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Synopsis

As the residential buildings sector accounts for around 30 percent of the final energy demand in Germany, this sector is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention with regard to climate change. In this book, decisions on energy consumption by private households are examined. The analyses are based on several empirical methods. The results show that the road to more sustainable energy consumption in residential buildings is not hampered by a lack of will on behalf of the consumers. However one should be realistic that there are many instances where improving thermal institution involves additional economic costs for individual households.