When meters start to talk: The public's encounter with smart meters in France

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-156

  Bertoldo, Raquel ^a   Poumadère, Marc ^b   Rodrigues, Luis Carlos ^c  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^b Institut Symlog   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

France; Pilot projects; Smart grid; Smart meters; Social representations; Stakeholders; Themata

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945493195     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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