Measuring the effect of procrastination and environmental awareness on households' energy-saving behaviours: An empirical approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-256

  Lillemo, Shuling Chen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Energy saving behaviour; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; ENERGY-SAVING BEHAVIOUR; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; FUTURE BENEFITS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; PROCRASTINATION;

ECONOMICS; HEATING; INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84892476604     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.077     Document Type: Article

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