A practice-theory approach to homeowners' energy retrofits in four European areas

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 525-538

  Bartiaux, Françoise ^a   Gram Hanssen, Kirsten ^b   Fonseca, Paula ^c   Ozoliņa, Liga ^d   Christensen, Toke Haunstrup ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Ekodoma Ltd   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC); Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD); Energy refurbishment; Homeowners; Policy measures; Practices; Retrofit; Social practice theories

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY REFURBISHMENT; HOMEOWNERS; IN-BUILDINGS; POLICY MEASURES; PRACTICES; RETROFIT; SOCIAL PRACTICE THEORIES;

RETROFITTING;

EID: 84901228317     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.900253     Document Type: Article

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