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Learning from experts: Energy efficiency in residential buildings

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  • Billio, Monica
  • Casarin, Roberto
  • Costola, Michele
  • Veggente, Veronica

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Measuring and reducing energy consumption constitutes a crucial concern in public policies aimed at mitigating global warming. The real estate sector faces the challenge of enhancing building efficiency, where insights from experts play a pivotal role in the evaluation process. This research employs a machine learning approach to analyze expert opinions, seeking to extract the key determinants influencing potential residential building efficiency and establishing an efficient prediction framework. The study leverages open Energy Performance Certificate databases from two countries with distinct latitudes, namely the UK and Italy, to investigate whether enhancing energy efficiency necessitates different intervention approaches. The findings reveal the existence of non-linear relationships between efficiency and building characteristics, which cannot be captured by conventional linear modeling frameworks. By offering insights into the determinants of residential building efficiency, this study provides guidance to policymakers and stakeholders in formulating effective and sustainable strategies for energy efficiency improvement.

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  • Billio, Monica & Casarin, Roberto & Costola, Michele & Veggente, Veronica, 2023. "Learning from experts: Energy efficiency in residential buildings," SAFE Working Paper Series 403, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:safewp:403
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4596682
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    Keywords

    Energy efficiency; Energy Performance Certificate; Machine learning; Tree-based models; big data;
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    JEL classification:

    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General

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