Energy advice service as perceived by Swedish homeowners

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-111

  Mahapatra, Krushna ^a   Nair, Gireesh ^a   Gustavsson, Leif ^a,b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy adviser; Energy efficiency; Homeowner; Perception; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957666106     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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