Information, communication and entertainment appliance use - Insights from a UK household study

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-72

  Coleman, Michael ^a   Brown, Neil ^a   Wright, Andrew ^a   Firth, Steven K ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appliances; Electronic loads; Energy monitoring; Residential; Standby consumption

Indexed keywords

DESIGN MEASURES; ELECTRICITY END-USE; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ELECTRONIC LOAD; ENERGY LABELLING; ENERGY MONITORING; FEED BACK INFORMATION; MINIMUM ENERGY; NETWORK APPLIANCES; RESIDENTIAL; STANDBY CONSUMPTION; STANDBY POWER;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ICE; LABELS;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84866035869     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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