Telling tales: Using stories to remake energy policy

Building Research and Information

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 516-533

  Janda, Kathryn B ^a   Topouzi, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Energy policy; Performance gap; Public policy; Research challenges; Retrofit; Social context; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROFITTING;

PERFORMANCE GAPS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; RETROFIT; SOCIAL CONTEXT; STORYTELLING;

ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 84929282394     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2015.1020217     Document Type: Article

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