Micro-generation schemes: User behaviours and attitudes towards energy consumption

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 440-450

  Stedmon, Alex W ^a   Winslow, Robin ^b   Langley, Alyson ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

energy consumption; micro generation; user attitudes; user behaviour

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR; MICROGENERATION; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; USER ATTITUDES; USER BEHAVIOUR; USER REQUIREMENTS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BIOENGINEERING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; FEEDBACK; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

EID: 84876008073     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.723140     Document Type: Article

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