Empowering the end-user in smart grids: Recommendations for the design of products and services

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-161

  Geelen, Daphne ^a   Reinders, Angèle ^a   Keyson, David ^a  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Product service design; Smart grid; User behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN OF PRODUCT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY; PRODUCT AND SERVICES; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SMART GRID; USER BEHAVIORS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; SMART POWER GRIDS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMPOWERMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84881669223     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.107     Document Type: Article

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