Information strategies and energy conservation behavior: A meta-analysis of experimental studies from 1975 to 2012

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 729-739

  Delmas, Magali A ^a   Fischlein, Miriam ^b   Asensio, Omar I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Information strategies; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION BEHAVIORS; ENERGY FEEDBACKS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INFORMATION STRATEGY; INFORMATION-BASED STRATEGY; META-ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881660274     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.109     Document Type: Article

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