Harnessing social networks for promoting adoption of energy technologies in the domestic sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 833-844

  Bale, Catherine S E ^a   McCullen, Nicholas J ^a,b   Foxon, Timothy J ^a   Rucklidge, Alastair M ^a   Gale, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic sector retrofit; Energy efficiency; Local authorities; Modelling; Residential; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CARBON REDUCTION; DOMESTIC SECTOR; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; NETWORK INTERACTION; NETWORK INTERVENTIONS; RESIDENTIAL; SOCIAL INFLUENCE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MODELS; RETROFITTING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TECHNOLOGY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; INNOVATION; MODELING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84887136838     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.033     Document Type: Article

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