Electricity blackouts and hybrid systems of provision: Users and the 'reflective practice'

Energy, Sustainability and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Rinkinen, Jenny ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decentralised production; Domestic heating; Energy consumption; Power cuts; Practice theory; Reflexivity; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYBRID SYSTEMS;

DECENTRALISED; DOMESTIC HEATING; POWER CUTS; PRACTICE THEORIES; REFLEXIVITY; RESILIENCE;

OUTAGES;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY USE; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; SERVICE PROVISION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84893503809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21920567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-0567-3-25     Document Type: Article

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