An analysis of indoor temperature measurements in low- and very-low-income housing in Athens, Greece

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-45

  Paravantis, John A ^a   Santamouris, Mathew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

energy consumption; fuel poverty; indoor temperature; low income households; panel data; time series

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUELS; HOUSING; SPACE HEATING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

FUEL POVERTY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; LOW INCOMES; MEAN INDOOR TEMPERATURE; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES REGRESSIONS; PANEL DATA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS;

HEATING;

EID: 84941350384     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2015.1014842     Document Type: Article

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