One Size Does Not Fit All: Eco-Feedback Programs Require Tailored Feedback

Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems - Selected Papers from the 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 36-43

  Khosrowpour, Ardalan ^a   Taylor, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

ECO FEEDBACKS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84946042475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784479681.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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