Public awareness of "green" and "energy efficient" residential property: An empirical survey based on data from New Zealand

Property Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-208

  Eves, Chris ^a   Kippes, Stephan ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nurtingen Geislingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Energy management; Environmental management; New Zealand; Residential property; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954237321     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637471011051327     Document Type: Article

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