Deep energy retrofit guide for public buildings : business and financial models / Rüdiger Lohse and Alexander Zhivov

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction.- Major Renovation and Deep Energy Retrofit.- Deep vs. Shallow Energy Retrofit.- Development of the DER Scope from the Business Perspective.- Cost Effectiveness Calculation in the Real Estate Sector.- International Regulation Framework.- Income Related Real Estate Evaluation: Gross Rental Method (GRM) and Discounted Cash-Flow Method.- DER and Green Building Values in Public and Non-public Sectors.- Increasing Available Floor Space.- Conclusions: Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Optimization.- Financing Instruments.- Loan Financing, Credit Lines, Revolving Funds, Preferential Loans.- Soft Loans / Dedicated Credit Lines.- Project Finance, Non-Recourse and Recourse Finance -- Refinancing of ESCO.- Forfeiting.- Performance Based Financing Instrument.- Business Models -- Definitions and Introduction.- Energy (Saving) Performance Contracting (Private Funding) Model EPC/Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC).- Blended Funding (Public and Private Combined Funding).- Advanced DER EPC Business Model.- A Tools for Investors.- Conclusions