An analysis of monthly household energy consumption among single-family residences in Texas, 2010

Energy Policy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-272

  Valenzuela, Carlos ^a   Valencia, Alelhie ^a   White, Steve ^a   Jordan, Jeffrey A ^a   Cano, Stephanie ^a   Keating, Jerome ^a   Nagorski, John ^b   Potter, Lloyd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Demographic; Residential

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONSUMPTION; DEMOGRAPHIC; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; HOUSING UNITS; QUANTILE REGRESSION; RESIDENTIAL;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; URBAN AREA;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899107555     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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