Financial crisis and energy consumption: A household survey in Greece

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 477-487

  Santamouris, Mathew ^a   Paravantis, John A ^b   Founda, Dimitra ^c   Kolokotsa, Dionysia ^d   Michalakakou, Panagiota ^e   Papadopoulos, Agis M ^f   Kontoulis, Nikoletta ^b   Tzavali, Anna ^e   Stigka, Eleni K ^e   Ioannidis, Zisis ^a   Mehilli, Amantin ^a   Matthiessen, Alexander ^a   Servou, Eirini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic crisis; Energy consumption; Fuel poverty

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MEASURES; ECONOMIC CRISIS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FUEL POVERTY; HEATING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; INCOME GROUPS; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEATING; SURVEYS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84880359917     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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