Economic, sociological, and neighbor dimensions of energy efficiency adoption behaviors: Evidence from the U.S residential heating and air conditioning market

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-113

  Noonan, Douglas S ^a   Hsieh, Lin Han Chiang ^b   Matisoff, Daniel ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Green buildings; Housing; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938917081     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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