Unlocking the potential of smart grid technologies with behavioral science

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Sintov, Nicole D ^a   Wesley Schultz, P ^b  

^a Viterbi School of Engineering Information Sciences Institute Department of Psychology and Environmental Studies Program University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(5 8): smart grid; Behavioral science; Energy conservation; Energy efficiency; Human factors; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926641218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00410     Document Type: Article

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