Antecedents and consequences of monitoring domestic electricity consumption

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 228-238

  Webb, Thomas L ^a   Benn, Yael ^a   Chang, Betty P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home energy monitor; Real time display; Self monitoring; Smart meter; The ostrich problem; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84904905830     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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