20:60:20 - Differences in Energy Behaviour and Conservation between and within Households with Electricity Monitors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Murtagh, Niamh ^a,b   Gatersleben, Birgitta ^a   Uzzell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ELECTRICITY MONITOR; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IN HOME DISPLAY; MALE; MONITOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRICITY; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898622145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092019     Document Type: Article

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