The impact of consumers' feedback preferences on domestic electricity consumption

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 575-582

  Vassileva, Iana ^a   Odlare, Monica ^a   Wallin, Fredrik ^a   Dahlquist, Erik ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Consumer preferences; Energy savings; Feedback; Household characteristics; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK; MONITORING;

BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DOMESTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ELECTRICITY SAVING; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS; INCOME GROUPS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; WEB BASED;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MONITORING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TREND ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84857995866     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.067     Document Type: Article

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