Adoption of innovative heating systems-needs and attitudes of Swedish homeowners

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Mahapatra, Krushna ^a   Gustavsson, Leif ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude; Heating system; Survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DETACHED HOUSE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING SYSTEM; NEW SYSTEM; OIL BOILERS; PELLET BOILER; POSITIVE CHANGES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESISTANCE HEATERS; RESPONSE RATE; WOOD PELLET;

BOILERS; DISTRICT HEATING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; OIL RESISTANCE; PELLETIZING; PUMPS; SURVEYS;

HEATING;

ENERGY USE; HEATING; HOMEOWNER; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77949269061     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-009-9057-7     Document Type: Article

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