Housing renovations and energy efficiency: Insights from homeowners practices

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 501-511

  Judson, Ellis P ^a   Maller, Cecily ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Homeowners; Housing; Occupant behaviour; Public policy; Renovation; Retrofit; Social practice theory

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROFITTING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

HOMEOWNERS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; RENOVATION; RETROFIT; SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES;

HOUSING;

EID: 84901190922     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.894808     Document Type: Article

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