A persona-based approach to domestic energy retrofit

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 462-476

  Haines, Victoria ^a   Mitchell, Val ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Homeowners; Low carbon; Motivation; Personas; Renovation; Retrofit; User centred design

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; MOTIVATION;

ENERGY; HOMEOWNERS; LOW CARBON; PERSONAS; RENOVATION; RETROFIT; USER CENTRED DESIGN;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84901191098     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.893161     Document Type: Article

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