Promoting behaviour change through personalized energy feedback in offices

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 637-651

  Coleman, Michael J ^a   Irvine, Katherine N ^a   Lemon, Mark ^a   Shao, Li ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Energy demand; Energy monitoring; Feedback; Human agency; Offices; Wireless technologies

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; OFFICE BUILDINGS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIOUR; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY MONITORING; HUMAN AGENCY; OFFICES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84880736367     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.808958     Document Type: Article

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