His, hers or both's? The role of male and female's attitudes in explaining their home energy use behaviours

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-148

  Yang, Shu ^a,b   Shipworth, Michelle ^b   Huebner, Gesche ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Couples' attitudes; Heating duration; Home heating usage; Maximum temperature

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; THERMAL COMFORT;

COUPLES' ATTITUDES; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HOME HEATING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS;

HEATING;

EID: 84925776931     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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