Promoting behavioral change towards lower energy consumption in the building sector

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 7-26

  Fink, Helen Santiago ^a,b  

^a The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Biophilia; Building sector; Environmental consciousness; EU buildings directive; Low carbon lifestyle

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79960889215     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2011.586494     Document Type: Review

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