The misleading effect of energy efficiency information on perceived energy friendliness of electric goods

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-202

  Waechter, Signe ^a   Sütterlin, Bernadette ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision heuristic; Decision making; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy label; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LABELS;

ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; DECISION HEURISTIC; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY LABELS; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; REBOUND EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84926164794     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.011     Document Type: Article

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