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The role of economic and policy variables in energy-efficient retrofitting assessment. A stochastic Life Cycle Costing methodology

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Authors:
Edoardo Baldoni,
Silvia Coderoni,
Marco D'Orazio,
Elisa Di Giuseppe,
Roberto Esposti

Energy saving is a major policy objective worldwide and in the EU in particular. Evaluating the convenience of energy-efficient investments, however, is complex. This paper aims to apply stochastic Life Cycle Costing to assess the economic value of energy-efficient building retrofitting investments. The proposed approach investigates how macroeconomic variables affect such an evaluation by explicitly taking into account their interdependent stochastic nature.

Exploring environmental and economic costs and benefits of a circular economy approach to the construction and demolition sector. A literature review

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English
Authors:
Patrizia Ghisellini, Maddalena Ripa, Sergio Ulgiati

Circular economy (CE) as a new model of economic development promotes the maximum reuse/recycling of materials, goods and components in order to decrease waste generation to the largest possible extent. It aims to innovate the entire chain of production, consumption, distribution and recovery of materials and energy according to a cradle to cradle vision.

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