Energy-using appliances and energy-saving features: Determinants of ownership in Ireland

Applied Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 650-662

  O'Doherty, Joe ^a   Lyons, Sean ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c,d  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appliance ownership; Energy efficiency; Energy use; Ireland

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

APPLIANCE OWNERSHIP; MICRO-DATASET;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

DATA STRUCTURES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; OWNERSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41549112920     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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