Lessons from energy efficiency policy and programmesin the UK from 1973 to 2013

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-41

  Mallaburn, Peter S ^a   Eyre, Nick ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency and conservation; Green deal; Policy implementation; UK energy and climate policy

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPLIANCE MONITORING; ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES; GOVERNMENT FUNDING; GREEN DEAL; POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS;

ACCREDITATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84891740610     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9197-7     Document Type: Review

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