Weatherization behavior and social context: The influences of factual knowledge and social interaction

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-65

  Southwell, Brian G ^a,b   Murphy, Joe ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy knowledge; Social interaction; Survey research; Weatherization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904697394     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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