Sociality and electricity in the United Kingdom: The influence of household dynamics on everyday consumption

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-106

  Bell, Sandra ^a   Judson, Ellis ^a   Bulkeley, Harriet ^a   Powells, Gareth ^a   Capova, Klara Anna ^a   Lynch, David ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Energy Action Level Six (Elswick) Forth Banks   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption patterns; Electricity; Energy practices; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945453023     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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