Information and communication technologies - A new round of household electrification

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1764-1773

  Røpke, Inge ^a   Haunstrup Christensen, Toke ^b   Ole Jensen, Jesper ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Household energy consumption; Information and communication technology (ICT); Practice theory

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY POLICY; INTEGRATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DENMARK;

EID: 75149126664     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.11.052     Document Type: Article

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