Influence of psychological, family and contextual factors on residential energy use behaviour: An empirical study of China

Energy Procedia

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 910-915

  Sun, Yan ^a   Feng, Lifang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Contextual factors; Family; Influencing factors; Psychological factors; Residential energy use behaviour

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HOUSING;

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; FAMILY; INFLUENCING FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 79961115627     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.03.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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