Low-carbon communities as a context for individual behavioural change

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7586-7595

  Heiskanen, Eva ^a   Johnson, Mikael ^a   Robinson, Simon ^b   Vadovics, Edina ^c   Saastamoinen, Mika ^a  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

^b Churchgate House   (United Kingdom)

^c Green Dependent Sustainable Solutions Association   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Energy conservation; Low carbon communities

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE; BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; CARBON EMISSIONS; ENERGY USERS; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR; LOW-CARBON; SOCIAL CONVENTION; SOCIAL DILEMMAS; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE;

EID: 78649324164     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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