Citation: Theocharis Tsoutsos, Stavroula Tournaki, Maria Frangou, Marianna Tsitoura. Creating paradigms for nearly zero energy hotels in South Europe[J]. AIMS Energy, 2018, 6(1): 1-18. doi: 10.3934/energy.2018.1.1
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