Near zero energy homes - What do users think?

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-137

  Berry, Stephen ^a   Whaley, David ^a   Davidson, Kathryn ^a   Saman, Wasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building energy policy; Building monitoring; Energy efficiency; Thermal comfort; Zero energy homes

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMAL COMFORT; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

BUILDING ENERGY POLICIES; BUILDING INDUSTRY; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; END-USER PERSPECTIVE; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SMART TECHNOLOGY; ZERO ENERGY HOMES;

ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; MONITORING;

EID: 84905398107     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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