Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-362

  Parkhurst, Graham ^a   Parnaby, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Climate change; Comfort; Consumer behaviour; Energy efficiency; Mobile air conditioning; Transport; User behaviour

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; EFFICIENCY; MODEL BUILDINGS; PUBLIC POLICY;

(R ,S ,S) POLICY; BUILDINGS SECTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; EUROPEAN; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIO TECHNICAL; STATIC AIR; TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 46249114352     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210802076500     Document Type: Article

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