Do consumers act in a sustainable way using their refrigerator? The influence of consumer real life behaviour on the energy consumption of cooling appliances

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-227

  Geppert, Jasmin ^a   Stamminger, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Energy consumption; Refrigeration; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859124163     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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