Energy consumption feedback devices' impact evaluation on domestic energy use

Applied Energy

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 314-320

  Vassileva, Iana ^a   Dahlquist, Erik ^a   Wallin, Fredrik ^a   Campillo, Javier ^a,b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE BOLÍVAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Consumers' preferences; Domestic consumption; Electricity; Electricity consumers; Feedback; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDBACK; FLOW VISUALIZATION; SMART POWER GRIDS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; COMMON AREAS; CONSUMERS' PREFERENCES; CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION; DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS; DIGITAL DISPLAY; DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION; DOMESTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; DOMESTIC ENERGY USE; ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS; ENERGY USE; FEED BACK INFORMATION; FEEDBACK DEVICE; FEEDBACK STRATEGIES; FEEDBACK TOOL; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; IMPACT EVALUATION; IMPORTANT FEATURES; INFORMATION DEVICES; LOW INCOMES; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SMART GRID; TEXT MESSAGES; TV CHANNELS;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; VISUALIZATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84874429187     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.059     Document Type: Article

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