Don't lock me in: Public opinion on the prospective use of waste process heat for district heating

Applied Energy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Upham, Paul ^a   Jones, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed heat; District heating; Perceptions; Process heat; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WASTE HEAT;

DISTRIBUTED HEAT; DOMESTIC HEATING; ELDERLY PEOPLE; END USERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEAT SOURCES; LOCK-IN; PERCEPTIONS; PROCESS HEAT; PUBLIC OPINIONS;

HEATING;

HEATING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053316196     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.031     Document Type: Article

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