Testing residential solar thermal adoption

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-170

  Schelly, Chelsea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmentally responsible behavior; GIS; Household solar energy use; Solar heating

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; HEATING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349089173     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508327867     Document Type: Article

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