Household energy and climate mitigation policies: Investigating energy practices in the housing sector

Energy Policy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Schaffrin, André ^a   Reibling, Nadine ^b  

^a EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy inequality; Household energy costs; Housing systems; Social policy regimes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; HOUSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENERGY INEQUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSING SYSTEMS; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INNOVATION; MITIGATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIAL POLICY;

AUSTRIA; DENMARK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84921311078     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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