Behaviour, attitudes and opinion of large enterprise employees with regard to their energy usage habits and adoption of energy saving measures

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 299-311

  Nisiforou, O A ^a   Poullis, S ^a   Charalambides, A G ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Employees' opinion; Energy consumption; Large enterprises

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ENERGY USAGE; ENERGY WASTES; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; INDIVIDUAL CONTROL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; UPPER MANAGEMENT; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRY;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870583753     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.08.034     Document Type: Article

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