A Consumer Bill of Rights for Energy Conservation

2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference, IHTC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Makonin, Stephen ^a,d   Flores, Laura Guzman ^a,b   Gill, Robyn ^c   Clapp, Roger Alex ^a   Bartram, Lyn ^a   Gill, Bob ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

appliance manufactures; energy economics; energy policy; load disaggregation; NILM; smart meter; standards

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PURCHASING; SMART METERS; STANDARDS;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY; DISAGGREGATION; ECONOMIC SITUATION; ENERGY ECONOMICS; NILM; NONINTRUSIVE LOAD MONITORING; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPLY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84939509070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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