The socio-demographic and psychological predictors of residential energy consumption: A comprehensive review

Energies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 573-609

  Frederiks, Elisha R ^a   Stenner, Karen ^a   Hobman, Elizabeth V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Household energy use; Motivation; Pro environmental behavior; Psychology; Review

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; MOTIVATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REVIEWS;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND CONSERVATIONS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE; PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84921811823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en8010573     Document Type: Review

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