Investigating the performance of everyday domestic practices using building monitoring

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 622-636

  Foulds, Chris ^a   Powell, Jane ^a   Seyfan, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Consumption practices; Housing; Low carbon housing; Monitoring; Occupant behaviour; Occupant surveys; Passivhaus; Social practice theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HOUSING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONSUMPTION PRACTICES; LOW-CARBON HOUSINGS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; PASSIVHAUS; SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES;

MONITORING;

EID: 84884561704     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.823537     Document Type: Article

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