Review of the indoor environmental quality and energy consumption studies for low income households in Europe

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 316-330

  Kolokotsa, D ^a   Santamouris, M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy poverty; Indoor environmental quality; Low income households

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY POVERTIES; ENERGY SERVICES; INDOOR COMFORTS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIVING CONDITIONS; LOW INCOMES; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STATE OF THE ART;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INDOOR AIR; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SUMMER; WINTER; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 84938117977     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.073     Document Type: Review

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