Social barriers to the adoption of smart homes

Energy Policy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-374

  Balta Ozkan, Nazmiye ^a   Davidson, Rosemary ^b   Bicket, Martha ^a   Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^c  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public perceptions; Smart homes; Social barriers

Indexed keywords

INCREASING COSTS; POLICY MAKERS; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SMART HOME SERVICES; SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY; SMART HOMES; SOCIAL BARRIERS;

AUTOMATION;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84887158920     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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