User innovation in sustainable home energy technologies

Energy Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 490-500

  Hyysalo, Sampsa ^a,b   Juntunen, Jouni K ^a   Freeman, Stephanie ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Small scale energy technology; User innovation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; CLIMATE POLICY; DESIGN SPACES; DOMAIN EXPERTS; END-USERS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; FINLAND; HEAT PUMPS; PEER SUPPORT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE HOMES; USER-INNOVATION; WOOD PELLET;

DESIGN; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PELLETIZING; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

BURNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INNOVATION; INTERNET; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84873146378     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.038     Document Type: Article

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