Comfort expectations: The impact of demand-management strategies in Australia

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-391

  Strengers, Yolande ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Air conditioning; Climate change; Comfort; Demand management; Indoor environmental quality; Inhabitants; Peak demand; Residential energy consumption; Smart meters

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; POWER GENERATION;

AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER DEMANDS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; PEAK ELECTRICITY DEMAND; PEAK TIMES; RELIANCE (CO); RISING EXPECTATIONS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 46249116723     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210802087648     Document Type: Article

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