Feeding back about eco-feedback: How do consumers use and respond to energy monitors?

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-146

  Buchanan, Kathryn ^a   Russo, Riccardo ^a   Anderson, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Household energy monitoring; Smart metering

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; FEEDBACK;

ADDRESS INFORMATIONS; ECO FEEDBACKS; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENERGY MONITOR; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS; SMART METERING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; MONITORING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905401226     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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