New approaches for household energy conservation-In search of personal household energy budgets and energy reduction options

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3612-3622

  Benders, René M J ^a   Kok, Rixt ^a   Moll, Henri C ^a   Wiersma, Gerwin ^a   Noorman, Klaas Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Household energy reduction; Indirect energy; Personalization and feedback

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY REDUCTION; INDIRECT ENERGY; WEB-BASED TOOL;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HOUSING;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY PLANNING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRONINGEN [NETHERLANDS]; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749990316     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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