Stakeholders involvement for energy conscious communities: The Energy Labs experience in 10 European communities

Renewable Energy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 512-518

  Dvarioniene, Jolanta ^a   Gurauskiene, Inga ^a   Gecevicius, Giedrius ^a   Trummer, Dora Ruth ^b   Selada, Catarina ^c   Marques, Isabel ^c   Cosmi, Carmelina ^d  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b Slagelse Municipality Center for Technique and Environment   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy conscious communities; Energy labs; Stakeholders' involvement; Sustainable communities

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LABORATORIES;

ENERGY LABS; ENERGY-EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS; INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT; STAKEHOLDERS' INVOLVEMENT; SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES;

INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84949115324     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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