The theme of buildings' energy efficiency occupies a prominent place on the agenda. This study aims to assess the convenience of improving the energy performance of residential buildings: higher costs to be incurred during construction or renovation are offset by lower operating costs? The point...

In the last years several studies about the relationship between buildings' energy performance and residential property prices in Europe have been published. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies regarding the Italian real estate market, probably due to the difficulties to access official...