Electricity saving in households-A social cognitive approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7732-7743

  Thøgersen, John ^a   Grønhøj, Alice ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dyadic data analysis; Electricity saving; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS; ELECTRICITY SAVING; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL NORM; STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT;

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PREDICTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DENMARK;

EID: 78549252021     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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