Self-building courses of solar heat collectors as sources of consumer empowerment and local embedding of sustainable energy technology

Science and Technology Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-96

  Jalas, Mikko ^a   Kuusi, Helka ^b   Heiskanen, Eva ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Material engagement; Self building; Solar heat collectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899457674     PISSN: 22434690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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