Monitoring gas and water consumption through icts for improved user awareness

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-135

  Lanzarone, Gaetano Aurelio ^a   Zanzi, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choice architectures; Consumer's behaviour; Energy efficiency; Smart metering; Sustainable development; Water and gas utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649131291     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180902992962     Document Type: Article

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