This paper uses a choice experiment to evaluate the consumers' willingness to pay for energy-saving measures in Switzerland's residential buildings. These measures include air renewal (ventilation) systems and insulation of windows and facades. Two groups of respondents consisting respectively of 163 apartment tenants and 142 house owners were asked to choose between their housing status quo and each one of the several hypothetical situations with different attributes and prices. The estimation method is based on a fixed-effects logit model. The results suggest that the benefits of the energy-saving attributes are significantly valued by the consumers. These benefits include both individual energy savings and environmental benefits as well as comfort benefits namely, thermal comfort, air quality and noise protection.

Risk-Aversion and Willingness to Pay For Energy Saving Measures in Residential Buildings

Coupling coordination degree measurement and spatiotemporal heterogeneity between economic development and ecological environment ----Empirical evidence from tropical and subtropical regions of China

A review of nature-based solutions for greywater treatment: Applications, hydraulic design, and environmental benefits.

Greening the urban environment can be an important strategy to tackle the problems of urban densification and meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Green infrastructures, like green roofs and green walls, have multiple associated environmental, social and economic benefits that improve buildings performance and the urban environment. Yet, the implementation of green roofs and green walls is still limited, as these systems often have additional costs when compared to conventional solutions. Recent studies have been comparing these greening systems to other solutions, balancing the long-term benefits and costs. Also, there is significant research on green roofs and green walls benefits. Although, green roofs and green walls economic analyses don't include all benefits due to measuring difficulties. The associated uncertainty regarding the quantification of the benefit makes it difficult to compare the research outcomes. This paper aims to provide a research review of existing benefits and costs of different types of green roofs and green walls. These were divided between building scale benefits, urban scale benefits and life cycle costs, focusing on the identification of results variability and assessment of their average quantification. The analysis shows that in general, there are few data regarding intangible benefits, as the promotion of quality of life and well-being. Also, there are still few studies quantifying green walls benefits and costs. High variability in data is mostly related to the different characteristics of systems, buildings envelope, surrounding environment and local weather conditions.

Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

Inês Teotónio

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Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

Eco-solutions for urban environments regeneration: The economic value of green roofs

Economics of green roofs and green walls: A literature review

Decision support system for green roofs investments in residential buildings

What’s the economic value of greening transport infrastructures? The case of the underground passages in Lisbon