Introducing smart grids in residential contexts: Consumers' Perception of Smart Household Appliances

2010 IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply, CITRES 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 135-142

  Stragier, Jeroen ^a   Hauttekeete, Laurence ^a   De Marez, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Demand side management; Energy consumption; Smart appliances; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SMART APPLIANCES; SMART GRID;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SURVEYS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 78650395838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CITRES.2010.5619864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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