Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing

Structural Survey

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 181-193

  Swan, William ^a   Ruddock, Les ^a   Smith, Luke ^b   Fitton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing; Social housing; Sustainable retrofit; Technology adoption; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXTERNAL INFORMATIONS; LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE RETROFIT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RETROFITTING; TECHNOLOGY;

HOUSING;

EID: 84879127127     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SS-12-2012-0039     Document Type: Article

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