Energy saving in Swedish households. The (relative) importance of environmental attitudes

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5182-5191

  Martinsson, Johan ^a   Lundqvist, Lennart J ^a   Sundström, Aksel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Household energy saving; Socio economic characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE POLICY; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; HOT WATER; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSING SECTORS; HOUSING TYPES; INTERACTION EFFECT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; POLICY MEASURES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SURVEY DATA;

HOUSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOGISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 79960708200     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.046     Document Type: Article

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