The impact of building orientation and discount rates on a Portuguese reference building refurbishment decision

Ana Brandão de Vasconcelos, António Cabaço, Manuel Duarte Pinheiro and Armando Manso

Energy Policy, 2016, vol. 91, issue C, 329-340

Abstract: Refurbishment, as part of the construction industry, has a strong global impact, not only from the viewpoint of economies but also from social and energy-efficiency perspectives. A thermal refurbishment process, in particular, involves numerous decisions and choices; the decision-makers being ultimately confronted with two major questions: which criterion should be adopted in the choice of the refurbishment construction solutions and which refurbishment construction solutions should be chosen?

Keywords: Refurbishment; Cost-optimal methodology; Decision-making; Discount rate; Building orientation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.01.021

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