Price, environment and security: Exploring multi-modal motivation in voluntary residential peak demand response

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2993-3004

  Gyamfi, Samuel ^a   Krumdieck, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Demand side management; Residential peak demand; Voluntary demand response

Indexed keywords

CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; DEMAND MODELLING; DEMAND RESPONSE; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; EMISSION PROFILE; ENERGY AUDIT; LOAD-SHEDDING; MULTI-MODAL; NEW ZEALAND; PEAK DEMAND; PEAK LOAD; PRICE SIGNALS; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; SUPPLY SECURITY; VOLUNTARY DEMAND RESPONSE; WATER HEATING;

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HEATING; SURVEYS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 79953313849     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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