Energy performance certification as a signal of workplace quality

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1493-1505

  Parkinson, Aidan ^a   De Jong, Robert ^b   Cooke, Alison ^a   Guthrie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LessEn   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy performance certification; Information asymmetry; Workplace satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; OCCUPANT SATISFACTION; OCCUPANTS' PERCEPTIONS; WORKPLACE SATISFACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SURVEYS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; BUILDING; CERTIFICATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; WORKPLACE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884975077     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.043     Document Type: Article

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