Identification of households' barriers to energy saving solutions

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-66

  Throne Holst, Harald ^a   Strandbakken, Pl ^a   Stø, Eivind ^a  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Energy conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149130595     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830810840363     Document Type: Article

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