The electricity impacts of Earth Hour: An international comparative analysis of energy-saving behavior

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-182

  Olexsak, Sarah J ^a   Meier, Alan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Energy demand shift; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904670519     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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