Comparison groups on bills: Automated, personalized energy information

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 988-996

  Iyer, Maithili ^a   Kempton, Willett ^b   Payne, Christopher ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Energy feedback; Innovative billing

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAPHIC METHODS; HEATING; HOUSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENERGY FEEDBACK; GAS UTILITY; HEATING FUEL; INNOVATIVE BILLING;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646767775     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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