Heat metering: Socio-technical challenges in district-heated social housing

Building Research and Information

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-209

  Morgenstern, Paula ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a   Chiu, Lai Fong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

district heating; energy demand; energy management; fairness; housing; metering; mixed tenure; social housing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

ENERGY DEMANDS; FAIRNESS; METERING; MIXED TENURE; SOCIAL HOUSING;

HOUSING;

EID: 84920155964     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.932639     Document Type: Article

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