Research with disaggregated electricity end-use data in households: Review and recommendations

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 383-396

  Rowlands, Ian H ^a   Reid, Tobi ^a   Parker, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; MONITORING;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; ELECTRICITY END-USE; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; INFORMATION FLOWS; MONITORING EQUIPMENT; NON-INTRUSIVE LOAD-MONITORING TECHNIQUES; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84939559989     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.151     Document Type: Article

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