Household energy consumption in the UK: A highly geographically and socio-economically disaggregated model

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3177-3192

  Druckman, A ^a   Jackson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Household energy; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CARBON EMISSIONS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE; LOW-CARBON SOCIETIES; PERSONAL CARBON TRADING; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY POLICY;

CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84872543486     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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