Low-carbon retrofits in social housing: Interaction with occupant behaviour

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-114

  Walker, S L ^a   Lowery, D ^a   Theobald, K ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Retrofit; Social housing; Template analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904631708     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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