The building process of single-family houses and the embeddedness (or disembeddedness) of energy

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 762-767

  Palm, Jenny ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building process; Consumers; Household

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; HEATING; HOUSES;

BUILDING PROCESS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; CONSUMERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD; LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS; PURCHASE DECISION; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84884973257     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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