How consumers value healthy houses: A preliminary segmentation of Canadian households

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-52

  Spetic, Wellington ^a   Kozak, Robert ^a   Cohen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian households; Cluster analysis; Healthy houses; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING POLICY; SEGMENTATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39849108603     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-007-9101-x     Document Type: Article

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