Energy Performance Certificate of building and confidence interval in assessment: An Italian case study

Lamberto Tronchin and Kristian Fabbri

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 48, issue C, 176-184

Abstract: The Directive 2002/91/CE introduced the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), an energy policy tool. The aim of the EPC is to inform building buyers about the energy performance and energy costs of buildings. The EPCs represent a specific energy policy tool to orient the building sector and real-estate markets toward higher energy efficiency buildings. The effectiveness of the EPC depends on two factors:

Keywords: Energy performance of building; Confidence intervals of independent expert; Accuracy of energy performance evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.011

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