Home -ing in on domestic energy research: "house," "home," and the importance of ontology

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-108

  Ellsworth Krebs, Katherine ^a   Reid, Louise ^a   Hunter, Colin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic energy research; Home; House; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924086301     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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