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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Critical Appraisal of Germany's Thermal Retrofit Policy
    sub title: Turning Down the Heat
  name:
    name part: Galvin, Ray.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Sunikka-Blank, Minna.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxk
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 148 p. 16 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Germany is seen as a leader in thermal retrofit policy and practice, but how effective is its approach? A Critical Appraisal of Germany's Thermal Retrofit Policy examines this policy in context and assesses its effectiveness. It finds that technical constraints and the costs of retrofitting reduce the rate of progress, while planning underestimates the influence of user behavior in the form of rebound and prebound effects. A key finding is that savings can be maximized within a policy that understands the actual behavior and motivation of households, the area where most energy savings are already taking place. The book suggests a new policy paradigm that would encourage a better balance of partial and comprehensive retrofits, utilizing household behavior changes based on a better understanding of fuel saving motivation and fuel price elasticity. In this approach, the thermal building regulations would be made more flexible so that policymakers would: - Promote partial, transitional and cost-optimal retrofits, which are more certain to pay back through fuel savings if they are appropriate to building typology and homeowner budgets. - Promote comprehensive retrofits for reasons other than economic gain, focusing instead on the comfort and environmental benefits of energy-efficient homes. - Invest more heavily in educating households to heat economically, learning from the prebound effect so as to maximize the utility of the homes they currently occupy, and base payback time calculations on actual consumption. The results and findings of this book would be of interest to policymakers, researchers and graduate students alike.
  table of contents: Methodology for interdisciplinary research on thermal retrofits -- German thermal retrofit policy in context -- Technical possibilities and limitations of thermal retrofits -- The economics of thermal refits -- User behavior / Part 1 Prebound and rebound effects -- User behavior / Part 2 Payback time and fuel price elasticity -- User behavior / Part 3 What is causing the reduction in heating fuel consumption in Germany? -- Discussion: a way forward -- Lessons for other countries.
  note: by Ray Galvin, Minna Sunikka-Blank.
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Energy efficiency
  subject:
    topic: Civil engineering
  subject:
    topic: Building construction
  subject:
    topic: Environmental economics
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)
  subject:
    topic: Building Physics, HVAC
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Economics
  subject:
    topic: Civil Engineering
  classification: T58.8
  classification: 658.26
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Green Energy and Technology
  identifier: 9781447153672
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5367-2
  record info:
    record creation date: 130725
    record change date: 20151030021418.0
    record identifier: 978-1-4471-5367-2