Actual and theoretical gas consumption in Dutch dwellings: What causes the differences?

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 460-471

  Majcen, Daša ^a   Itard, Laure ^a   Visscher, Henk ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actual gas consumption; Energy label; Theoretical gas consumption

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY LABELS; GAS CONSUMPTION; INTERNAL HEAT LOADS; LARGE-SCALE STUDIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

FLOORS; HEATING; HOUSING; LABELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WAGES;

GASES;

BUILDING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; NATURAL GAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84881667141     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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