User-led innovation in civic energy communities

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-65

  De Vries, Gerben W ^a   Boon, Wouter P C ^a   Peine, Alexander ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Civic energy communities; Configurations; User communities; User innovation; User led technological change

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; BUSINESS; DESIGN; ENERGY RESOURCE; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LITERATURE REVIEW;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84941780755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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