Social practices, households, and design in the smart grid

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 310, Issue , 2014, Pages 351-365

  Katzeff, Cecilia ^a,b   Wangel, Josefin ^b  

^a INTERACTIVE INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy use; Smart grids; Sustainable interaction design; Sustainable practices

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPLEX PROCESSES; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY USE; SMART GRID; SOCIAL PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE INTERACTIONS; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84927624858     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_21     Document Type: Article

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